WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Pyrgiscus speciosus (A. Adams, 1860)

AphiaID

740403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:740403)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841

Original name

Turbonilla speciosa A. Adams, 1860

Synonymised names

Paramormula speciosa (A. Adams, 1860) · unaccepted

Pyrgiscilla speciosa (A. Adams, 1860) · unaccepted

Turbonilla speciosa A. Adams, 1860 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Turbonilla speciosa A. Adams, 1860) Adams, A. (1860). On a new genus and some new species of Mollusca from Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 6: 414-422., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2267309
page(s): 420 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Sea of Japan/East Sea

type locality contained in Sea of Japan/East Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pyrgiscus speciosus (A. Adams, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740403 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-09-11 00:55:38Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Turbonilla speciosa A. Adams, 1860) Adams, A. (1860). On a new genus and some new species of Mollusca from Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 6: 414-422., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2267309
page(s): 420 [details]