Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Tubothalamea > Order Miliolida > Suborder Miliolina > Superfamily Milioloidea > Family Hauerinidae > Subfamily Miliolinellinae

Pyrgo Defrance, 1824

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Biloculina*	d'Orbigny, 1826	synonym

Children

Pyrgo appendiculata (Reuss, 1863)
Pyrgo bulloides (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Pyrgo comata (Brady, 1881)
Pyrgo depressa (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Pyrgo elongata (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Pyrgo inornata (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Pyrgo laevis Defrance, 1824
Pyrgo lucernula (Schwager, 1866)
Pyrgo murrhina (Schwager, 1866)
Pyrgo oblonga (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Pyrgo patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Pyrgo pisum (Schlumberger, 1891)
Pyrgo ringens (Lamarck, 1804)
Pyrgo rotalaria Loeblich & Tappan, 1953
Pyrgo sarsi (Schlumberger, 1891)
Pyrgo simplex (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Pyrgo subglobulus Parr, 1950
Pyrgo subsphaerica (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Pyrgo williamsoni (Silvestri, 1923)

Literature

original description	Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.). Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845].
basis of record	Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75
additional source	Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Pyrgo Defrance, 1824. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112037