Pyrgiscus Explained

Pyrgiscus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Turbonillinae of the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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