WoRMS taxon details
Pyrgisculus Monterosato, 1884
754646 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:754646)
accepted
Genus
Melania scalaris R. A. Philippi, 1836 accepted as Pyrgisculus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) (type by monotypy)
Turbonilla (Pyrgisculus) Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted
- Species Pyrgisculus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848)
- Species Pyrgisculus scalaris (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Pyrgisculus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
marine
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): 88-89 [details]
page(s): 88-89 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyrgisculus Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754646 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 88-89 [details]
page(s): 88-89 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Landau, B.M. & Micali, P. (2021). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 13: Murchisonelloidea and Pyramidelloidea. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 21(2): 201-393., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020185 [details]
Other
additional source
Høisæter, T. (2014). The Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of Norway and adjacent waters. A taxonomic review. <em>Fauna Norvegica.</em> 34: 7-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v34i0.1672
page(s): 65; note: treated as synonym of Pyrgiscus [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Crosse, H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 33: 139-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15979493
page(s): 140 [details]
page(s): 65; note: treated as synonym of Pyrgiscus [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Crosse, H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 33: 139-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15979493
page(s): 140 [details]