Pyrgiscus

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

Pyrgiscus
Drawing of a shell of Pyrgiscus thielei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:	Turbonillinae
Genus:	Pyrgiscus Philippi, 1841
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

Species

Species within the genus Pyrgiscus include:

• † 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

• 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

• 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

• 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