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Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
836212 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:836212)
accepted
Species
Chemnitzia densecostata R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted
Chemnitzia fasciata Requien, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Melania rufa R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Parthenia fasciata Forbes, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pyrgostelis rufa (R. A. Philippi, 1836) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pyrgostelis rufa var. spectabilis Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted
Pyrgostelis spectabilis Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. dertodecussata Sacco, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. exdensecostata Sacco, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. ligustica Sacco, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. miopersulcata Sacco, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. multidecussata Sacco, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. paucidecussata Sacco, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. percostatoastensis Sacco, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. praecedens Sacco, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) densecostata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) densecostata var. plioastensis Sacco, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbonilla densecostata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) · unaccepted
Turbonilla formosa scalaroides F. Nordsieck, 1972 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turbonilla rufa (R. A. Philippi, 1836) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turritella danmoniensis Leach, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella scalaroides Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Melania rufa R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details] 
Taxonomy Whether this species is distinct from Pyrgiscus crenatus (Brown, 1827) is controversial. Both are tentatively distinguished...
Taxonomy Whether this species is distinct from Pyrgiscus crenatus (Brown, 1827) is controversial. Both are tentatively distinguished by Peñas & Rolán in Gofas et al. (2011) and by Giannuzzi-Saveli et al. (2014). [details]
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original description
(of Melania rufa R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details]
original description (of Chemnitzia densecostata R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 137, pl. 24 fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Chemnitzia fasciata Requien, 1848) Requien, E. (1848). <i>Catalogue des coquilles de l'Île de Corse</i>. Avignon: Seguin. v-xii, 13-109 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59044288 [details]
original description (of Parthenia fasciata Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789 [details]
original description (of Pyrgostelis spectabilis Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Turritella scalaroides Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): Vol. 4, p. 107-108, n. 252, pl. 4, fig. 41. [details]
original description (of Turbonilla formosa scalaroides F. Nordsieck, 1972) Nordsieck, F. (1972). <i>Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer</i>. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp. [details]
original description (of Turritella danmoniensis Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 162-163 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) densecostata var. plioastensis Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco F. (1892). <i>I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XI. Eulimidae e Pyramidellidae (parte)</i>. Torino: Carlo Clausen, 100 pp., 2 pls. Offprint published 30 June 1892, in advance of <i>Memorie della Reale Accademia di Torino</i>, ser. 2, 42: 585-682 [16 September 1892]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45215
page(s): 678 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) densecostata var. subalpina Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco F. (1892). <i>I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XI. Eulimidae e Pyramidellidae (parte)</i>. Torino: Carlo Clausen, 100 pp., 2 pls. Offprint published 30 June 1892, in advance of <i>Memorie della Reale Accademia di Torino</i>, ser. 2, 42: 585-682 [16 September 1892]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45215
page(s): 678 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. praecedens Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. exdensecostata Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. dertodecussata Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. miopersulcata Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. paucidecussata Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. multidecussata Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. percostatoastensis Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. ligustica Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (<i>fine</i>). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18(2): 89-176.
page(s): 136, pl. 8 figs 12-14 [details] Available for editors
[request]
new combination reference Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Micali, P.; Nofroni, I.; Bartolini, S. (2014). <i>Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo Vol. 5 (Heterobranchia)</i>. Palermo, Edizioni Danaus. pp. 1-111, with 41 unnumbered plates (figs. 1-363), appendix pp. 1-91.
page(s): 84, appendix p. 33, 81 [details]
original description (of Chemnitzia densecostata R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 137, pl. 24 fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Chemnitzia fasciata Requien, 1848) Requien, E. (1848). <i>Catalogue des coquilles de l'Île de Corse</i>. Avignon: Seguin. v-xii, 13-109 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59044288 [details]
original description (of Parthenia fasciata Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789 [details]
original description (of Pyrgostelis spectabilis Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Turritella scalaroides Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): Vol. 4, p. 107-108, n. 252, pl. 4, fig. 41. [details]
original description (of Turbonilla formosa scalaroides F. Nordsieck, 1972) Nordsieck, F. (1972). <i>Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer</i>. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp. [details]
original description (of Turritella danmoniensis Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 162-163 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) densecostata var. plioastensis Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco F. (1892). <i>I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XI. Eulimidae e Pyramidellidae (parte)</i>. Torino: Carlo Clausen, 100 pp., 2 pls. Offprint published 30 June 1892, in advance of <i>Memorie della Reale Accademia di Torino</i>, ser. 2, 42: 585-682 [16 September 1892]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45215
page(s): 678 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) densecostata var. subalpina Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco F. (1892). <i>I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XI. Eulimidae e Pyramidellidae (parte)</i>. Torino: Carlo Clausen, 100 pp., 2 pls. Offprint published 30 June 1892, in advance of <i>Memorie della Reale Accademia di Torino</i>, ser. 2, 42: 585-682 [16 September 1892]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45215
page(s): 678 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. praecedens Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. exdensecostata Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. dertodecussata Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. miopersulcata Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. paucidecussata Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. multidecussata Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. percostatoastensis Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) rufa var. ligustica Sacco, 1892 †) Sacco, F. (1892). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XII. (Pyramidellidae (fine), Ringiculidae, Solariidae e Scalariidae (aggiunte)). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 88 pp., 2 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45924
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (<i>fine</i>). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18(2): 89-176.
page(s): 136, pl. 8 figs 12-14 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Micali, P.; Nofroni, I.; Bartolini, S. (2014). <i>Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo Vol. 5 (Heterobranchia)</i>. Palermo, Edizioni Danaus. pp. 1-111, with 41 unnumbered plates (figs. 1-363), appendix pp. 1-91.
page(s): 84, appendix p. 33, 81 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Taxonomy Whether this species is distinct from Pyrgiscus crenatus (Brown, 1827) is controversial. Both are tentatively distinguished by Peñas & Rolán in Gofas et al. (2011) and by Giannuzzi-Saveli et al. (2014). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | gestreept priemhorentje [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | vridtornsnäcka [from synonym] | [details] |
To Malacopics (Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836) Greece, Dytiki Ellada, Achaia, Gulf of Korinthikos, at 12 m depth, collected 2011-05-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836) Italy, Veneto, Venezia, Casavio, beached after storm, collected September 1995, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836) Italy, Veneto, Venezia, Casavio, beached after storm, collected September 1995, ex coll. J. Trausel)
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