Pyrgiscus

Genus of gastropods

Pyrgiscus
Drawing of a shell of Pyrgiscus thielei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Turbonillinae
Genus: Pyrgiscus
Philippi, 1841 [1]
Type species
Melania rufa
Philippi, 1836
Synonyms
  • Ortostelis Aradas & Maggiore, 1841 (objective synonym)
  • Pyrgiscilla Laws, 1937
  • Pyrgisculus Monterosato, 1884
  • Pyrgiscus (Pyrgiscus) Philippi, 1841
  • Pyrgostelis Monterosato, 1884
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgisculus) Monterosato, 1884
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) Philippi, 1841
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) Monterosato, 1884

Pyrgiscus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Turbonillinae of the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Pyrgiscus include:[2]

  • † Pyrgiscus abjunctus Laws, 1937
  • Pyrgiscus abrardi (Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)
  • † Pyrgiscus adeps (Laws, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus alacer Saurin, 1959
  • Pyrgiscus altenai van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
  • Pyrgiscus amicitia (Nomura, 1936)
  • Pyrgiscus asmundinus (Saurin, 1959)
  • Pyrgiscus aureocinctus (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
  • Pyrgiscus basicinctus (Saurin, 1959)
  • Pyrgiscus bisculptus (Nomura, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus bona (Nomura, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus boninensis (Nomura, 1939)
  • Pyrgiscus brevis (Nomura, 1936)
  • † Pyrgiscus caribbaeus Landau & LaFollette, 2015
  • Pyrgiscus cedrosus (Dall, 1884)
  • † Pyrgiscus chattonensis (Marwick, 1929)
  • Pyrgiscus crassus Saurin, 1959
  • Pyrgiscus crenatus (Brown, 1827)
  • Pyrgiscus crystallopectus (Melvill, 1910)
  • Pyrgiscus dawydoffi (Saurin, 1959)
  • Pyrgiscus dongkhanhi (Saurin, 1959)
  • Pyrgiscus eminutus (de Folin, 1878)
  • Pyrgiscus erica (Thiele, 1925)
  • Pyrgiscus eumenes (Melvill, 1910)
  • Pyrgiscus feraudi (Saurin, 1959)
  • † Pyrgiscus festivus (Marwick, 1943)
  • Pyrgiscus gracilentus (Nomura, 1936)
  • † Pyrgiscus hampdenensis (R. S. Allan, 1926)
  • Pyrgiscus hataianus (Nomura, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus hebridarum (Peñas & Rolán, 2010)
  • Pyrgiscus inaequistriatus (Saurin, 1959)
  • Pyrgiscus infantilis Saurin, 1958
  • Pyrgiscus infelix (Thiele, 1925)
  • † Pyrgiscus intextus (Marwick, 1931)
  • Pyrgiscus irma (Thiele, 1925)
  • Pyrgiscus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848)
  • Pyrgiscus kotorai (Nomura, 1936)
  • Pyrgiscus mabutii (Nomura, 1938)
  • † Pyrgiscus macphersoni (Marwick, 1931)
  • Pyrgiscus massui (Saurin, 1959)
  • Pyrgiscus matsunamiensis (Otuka, 1935)
  • Pyrgiscus miyakoensis (Nomura, 1939)
  • Pyrgiscus mourazimanus (Nomura, 1938)
  • Pyrgiscus nagarinus Saurin, 1959
  • Pyrgiscus ninettae van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
  • Pyrgiscus optimus (Nomura, 1936)
  • Pyrgiscus optivus (Nomura, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus otakauicus (Laws, 1937)
  • † Pyrgiscus otoconsors (Laws, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus pacificus (Yokoyama, 1922)
  • Pyrgiscus pellucidus (Saurin, 1959)
  • Pyrgiscus plebeia (Nomura, 1936)
  • Pyrgiscus prolongatus (W.H. Turton, 1932)
  • Pyrgiscus quangae Saurin, 1959
  • Pyrgiscus renatae (Saurin, 1959)
  • Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846)
  • Pyrgiscus rufus (Philippi, 1836)
  • Pyrgiscus semistriata (Saurin, 1962)
  • Pyrgiscus siamensis (Saurin, 1962)
  • † Pyrgiscus silvai Landau & LaFollette, 2015
  • Pyrgiscus speciosus (A. Adams, 1860)
  • Pyrgiscus tabulae (Saurin, 1962)
  • Pyrgiscus taiaroa (Laws, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus tateyamaensis (Nomura, 1938)
  • Pyrgiscus tefunta (Bartsch, 1915)
  • Pyrgiscus thielei van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
  • Pyrgiscus thuanae (Saurin, 1959)
  • Pyrgiscus umemotoi (Nomura, 1938)
  • Pyrgiscus vannieri Saurin, 1959
  • † Pyrgiscus waihaoicus (P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
  • Pyrgiscus yoritomoi (Nomura, 1938)
  • Pyrgiscus yoshikoae Hori & Fukuda, 1999
  • Pyrgiscus yoshisadai (Nomura, 1938)
  • Pyrgiscus yotukurensis (Nomura, 1938)
  • Pyrgiscus yvonnae (Saurin, 1959)
  • Pyrgiscus zinboi (Nomura, 1936)
The following species were brought into synonymy
[2]
  • Pyrgiscus aulicus (Dall & Bartsch, 1906): synonym of Turbonilla aulica Dall & Bartsch, 1906
  • Pyrgiscus bisculpta [sic]: synonym of Pyrgiscus bisculptus (Nomura, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus bowensis [sic]: synonym of Turbonilla bowenensis Laseron, 1959
  • † Pyrgiscus discors P. A. Maxwell, 1988 : synonym of † Turriscala discors (P. A. Maxwell, 1988)
  • Pyrgiscus erna (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Pyrgiscus thielei van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996 (Invalid: based on junior homonym of Turbonilla erna Bartsch, 1915; Pyrgiscus thielei is a replacement name)
  • Pyrgiscus flexicosta Laseron, 1951: synonym of Turbonilla flexicosta (Laseron, 1951)
  • Pyrgiscus fulvizonatus (Melvill, 1910): synonym of Turbonilla fulvizonata Nomura, 1938
  • Pyrgiscus gravicosta Laseron, 1951: synonym of Turbonilla gravicosta (Laseron, 1951)
  • Pyrgiscus hataiana [sic]: synonym of Pyrgiscus hataianus (Nomura, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus hedleyi Laseron, 1951: synonym of Turbonilla hedleyi (Laseron, 1951)
  • Pyrgiscus infans Laseron, 1951: synonym of Graphis infans (Laseron, 1951) (original combination)
  • Pyrgiscus microscopica (Laseron, 1959): synonym of Turbonilla mumia (A. Adams, 1861)
  • Pyrgiscus mirandus Saurin, 1959: synonym of Turbonilla funiculata de Folin, 1868
  • Pyrgiscus mumia (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of Turbonilla mumia (A. Adams, 1861)
  • Pyrgiscus optima [sic]: synonym of Pyrgiscus optimus (Nomura, 1936)
  • Pyrgiscus pacifica [sic]: synonym of Pyrgiscus pacificus (Yokoyama, 1922)
  • Pyrgiscus pinguis Laseron, 1951: synonym of Turbonilla pinguis (Laseron, 1951)
  • Pyrgiscus sumneri (Bartsch, 1909): synonym of Turbonilla sumneri Bartsch, 1909

References

  1. ^ Philippi, 1840. Weigm., Archiv., i, 50.
  2. ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2011). Pyrgiscus Philippi, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456502 on 2011-10-26
  • Robba, E. (2013). Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica. 144: 1-191.
  • Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Cainozoic Research. 15(1-2): 13-54.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pyrgiscus.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • Philippi R.A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin : 7(1): 42-59; pl. 5
  • Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the Author, Palermo, 152 pp.
  • Laws C.R. 1937. Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Molluscs. No. 3 — Further Turbonillid Genera. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 67: 166-184, pl. 34-35
  • Arnold, R. (1903). The Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. 3: 1-420
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