Pyrgiscus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Turbonillinae of the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbonillinae |
| Genus: | Pyrgiscus Philippi, 1841[1] |
| Type species | |
| Melania rufa Philippi, 1836
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Species
editSpecies 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
edit- ^ Philippi, 1840. Weigm., Archiv., i, 50.
- ^ 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
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- 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