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Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841

Turbonilla rufa (Philippi, 1836) Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 19.01.2010), actual size 7.8 mm.
Turbonilla rufa (Philippi, 1836)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 19.01.2010), actual size 7.8 mm.

456502  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456502)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Pylopulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
  10. Pyramidellidae (Family)
  11. Turbonillinae (Subfamily)
  12. Pyrgiscus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Melania rufa R. A. Philippi, 1836 accepted as Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836) (type by subsequent designation)
Chrysallida (Pyrgiscus) R. A. Philippi, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Ortostelis Aradas & Maggiore, 1841 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Pyrgiscilla Laws, 1937 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pyrgostelis Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) R. A. Philippi, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Species Pyrgiscus abrardi (Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)
  2. Species Pyrgiscus alacer Saurin, 1959
  3. Species Pyrgiscus altenai van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
  4. Species Pyrgiscus amicitia (Nomura, 1936)
  5. Species Pyrgiscus antemunda (Dall & Bartsch, 1909)
  6. Species Pyrgiscus apsa (Bartsch, 1915)
  7. Species Pyrgiscus asmundinus (Saurin, 1959)
  8. Species Pyrgiscus atossa (Bartsch, 1915)
  9. Species Pyrgiscus aureocinctus (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
  10. Species Pyrgiscus basicinctus (Saurin, 1959)
  11. Species Pyrgiscus bisculptus (Nomura, 1937)
  12. Species Pyrgiscus bona (Nomura, 1937)
  13. Species Pyrgiscus boninensis (Nomura, 1939)
  14. Species Pyrgiscus brevis (Nomura, 1936) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Turbonilla brevis Reuss, 1867 and Turbonilla brevis Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900)
  15. Species Pyrgiscus callia (Dall & Bartsch, 1909)
  16. Species Pyrgiscus cedrosus (Dall, 1884)
  17. Species Pyrgiscus coseli (Peñas & Rolán, 2002)
  18. Species Pyrgiscus crassus Saurin, 1959
  19. Species Pyrgiscus crenatus (T. Brown, 1827)
  20. Species Pyrgiscus crystallopectus (Melvill, 1910)
  21. Species Pyrgiscus dawydoffi (Saurin, 1959)
  22. Species Pyrgiscus dongkhanhi (Saurin, 1959)
  23. Species Pyrgiscus eminutus (de Folin, 1879)
  24. Species Pyrgiscus erica (Thiele, 1925)
  25. Species Pyrgiscus eucosmia (Dall & Bartsch, 1909)
  26. Species Pyrgiscus eumenes (Melvill, 1910)
  27. Species Pyrgiscus feraudi (Saurin, 1959)
  28. Species Pyrgiscus gracilentus (Nomura, 1936)
  29. Species Pyrgiscus hataianus (Nomura, 1937)
  30. Species Pyrgiscus hebridarum (Peñas & Rolán, 2010)
  31. Species Pyrgiscus inaequabilis (Peñas & Rolán, 1997)
  32. Species Pyrgiscus inaequistriatus (Saurin, 1959)
  33. Species Pyrgiscus infantilis Saurin, 1958
  34. Species Pyrgiscus infelix (Thiele, 1925)
  35. Species Pyrgiscus irma (Thiele, 1925)
  36. Species Pyrgiscus ista (Bartsch, 1917)
  37. Species Pyrgiscus joubini (Dautzenberg, 1912)
  38. Species Pyrgiscus kerstinae (Schander, 1994)
  39. Species Pyrgiscus kotorai (Nomura, 1936)
  40. Species Pyrgiscus mabutii (Nomura, 1938)
  41. Species Pyrgiscus maia (Bartsch, 1915)
  42. Species Pyrgiscus massui (Saurin, 1959)
  43. Species Pyrgiscus matunamiensis (Otsuka, 1935)
  44. Species Pyrgiscus miyakoensis (Nomura, 1939)
  45. Species Pyrgiscus mourazimanus (Nomura, 1938)
  46. Species Pyrgiscus nagarinus Saurin, 1959
  47. Species Pyrgiscus ninettae van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
  48. Species Pyrgiscus nzinboi (Nomura, 1936)
  49. Species Pyrgiscus optimus (Nomura, 1936)
  50. Species Pyrgiscus optivus (Nomura, 1937)
  51. Species Pyrgiscus pablopenasi (Peñas, Rolán & Swinnen, 2014)
  52. Species Pyrgiscus pacificus (Yokoyama, 1922)
  53. Species Pyrgiscus pellucidus (Saurin, 1959)
  54. Species Pyrgiscus plebeia (Nomura, 1936)
  55. Species Pyrgiscus prolongatus (W. H. Turton, 1932)
  56. Species Pyrgiscus quangae Saurin, 1959
  57. Species Pyrgiscus renatae (Saurin, 1959)
  58. Species Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846)
  59. Species Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
  60. Species Pyrgiscus semistriata (Saurin, 1962)
  61. Species Pyrgiscus siamensis (Saurin, 1962)
  62. Species Pyrgiscus speciosus (A. Adams, 1860)
  63. Species Pyrgiscus sufficiens W.-M. Feng, 1996
  64. Species Pyrgiscus tabulae (Saurin, 1962)
  65. Species Pyrgiscus tateyamaensis (Nomura, 1938)
  66. Species Pyrgiscus tefunta (Bartsch, 1915)
  67. Species Pyrgiscus thielei van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
  68. Species Pyrgiscus thuanae (Saurin, 1959)
  69. Species Pyrgiscus tritonia (Bartsch, 1915)
  70. Species Pyrgiscus umemotoi (Nomura, 1938)
  71. Species Pyrgiscus vannieri Saurin, 1959
  72. Species Pyrgiscus yoritomoi (Nomura, 1938)
  73. Species Pyrgiscus yoshikoae Hori & H. Fukuda, 1999
  74. Species Pyrgiscus yosisadai (Nomura, 1938)
  75. Species Pyrgiscus yotukurensis (Nomura, 1938)
  76. Species Pyrgiscus yvonnae (Saurin, 1959)
  77. Species Pyrgiscus zenobia (Bartsch, 1915)
  78. Subgenus Pyrgiscus (Pyrgiscus) R. A. Philippi, 1841 accepted as Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841
    1. Species Pyrgiscus (Pyrgiscus) infantilis Saurin, 1958 accepted as Pyrgiscus infantilis Saurin, 1958 (basionym)
  79. Species Pyrgiscus aulicus (Dall & Bartsch, 1906) accepted as Turbonilla aulica Dall & Bartsch, 1906
  80. Species Pyrgiscus bisculpta [sic] accepted as Pyrgiscus bisculptus (Nomura, 1937) (incorrect gender ending)
  81. Species Pyrgiscus bowensis [sic] accepted as Turbonilla bowenensis Laseron, 1959 (misspelling)
  82. Species Pyrgiscus erna (Thiele, 1925) accepted as Pyrgiscus thielei van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996 (Invalid: based on junior homonym of Turbonilla erna Bartsch, 1915; Pyrgiscus thielei is a replacement name)
  83. Species Pyrgiscus flexicosta Laseron, 1951 accepted as Turbonilla flexicosta (Laseron, 1951)
  84. Species Pyrgiscus fulvizonatus (Nomura, 1938) accepted as Turbonilla fulvizonata Nomura, 1938
  85. Species Pyrgiscus fulvocinctus (W. Thompson, 1840) accepted as Pyrgiscus crenatus (T. Brown, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  86. Species Pyrgiscus gravicosta Laseron, 1951 accepted as Turbonilla gravicosta (Laseron, 1951)
  87. Species Pyrgiscus hataiana [sic] accepted as Pyrgiscus hataianus (Nomura, 1937) (incorrect gender ending)
  88. Species Pyrgiscus hedleyi Laseron, 1951 accepted as Turbonilla hedleyi (Laseron, 1951)
  89. Species Pyrgiscus infans Laseron, 1951 accepted as Graphis infans (Laseron, 1951) (original combination)
  90. Species Pyrgiscus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) accepted as Pyrgisculus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  91. Species Pyrgiscus microscopica (Laseron, 1959) accepted as Turbonilla mumia (A. Adams, 1861)
  92. Species Pyrgiscus mirandus Saurin, 1959 accepted as Turbonilla funiculata de Folin, 1868
  93. Species Pyrgiscus mumia (A. Adams, 1861) accepted as Turbonilla mumia (A. Adams, 1861)
  94. Species Pyrgiscus optima [sic] accepted as Pyrgiscus optimus (Nomura, 1936) (incorrect gender ending)
  95. Species Pyrgiscus otakauicus (Laws, 1937) accepted as Turbonilla otakauica (Laws, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  96. Species Pyrgiscus pacifica [sic] accepted as Pyrgiscus pacificus (Yokoyama, 1922)
  97. Species Pyrgiscus pinguis Laseron, 1951 accepted as Turbonilla pinguis (Laseron, 1951)
  98. Species Pyrgiscus sumneri (Bartsch, 1909) accepted as Turbonilla sumneri Bartsch, 1909 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  99. Species Pyrgiscus taiaroa (Laws, 1937) accepted as Turbonilla taiaroa (Laws, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Philippi, [R.] A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 7(1): 5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9706902
page(s): 50 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456502 on 2025-04-04
Date
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2010-02-11 14:10:23Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2011-09-22 18:28:29Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2013-06-02 16:23:25Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2015-03-21 13:35:43Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2023-02-28 12:49:09Z
changed
Neubauer, Thomas A.
2024-04-21 00:55:30Z
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Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Philippi, [R.] A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 7(1): 5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9706902
page(s): 50 [details] 

original description (of Pyrgostelis Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 89-90 [details] 

original description (of Pyrgiscilla Laws, 1937) Laws C.R. 1937. Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Molluscs. No. 3 — Further Turbonillid Genera. <i>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i>, 67: 166-184, pl. 34-35, available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_67/rsnz_67_02_001940.html
page(s): 172 [details] 

Other

additional source Robba, E. (2013). Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 144: 1-191. [April 2013]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 15(1-2): 13-54. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

subsequent type designation Arnold, R. (1903). The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. <em>Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 1-420, pl. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3136160
page(s): 274; note: designation by Dall & Bartsch [details] 

 
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Turbonilla rufa (Philippi, 1836) Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 19.01.2010), actual size 7.8 mm.
Turbonilla rufa (Philippi, 1836)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 19.01.2010), actual size 7.8 mm.
Image from typetaxon
Unreviewed
Pyrgiscus rufus
Pyrgiscus rufus
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Pyrgiscus rufus
Pyrgiscus rufus
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Pyrgiscus rufus
Pyrgiscus rufus
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