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 ^[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

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