Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Pylopulmonata > Superfamily Pyramidelloidea > Family Pyramidellidae > Subfamily Turbonillinae

Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ortostelis*	Aradas & Maggiore, 1841	objective synonym
*Pyrgostelis*	Monterosato, 1884	objective synonym
*Pyrgiscilla*	Laws, 1937	synonym
*Pyrgiscus (Pyrgiscus)*	R. A. Philippi, 1841	synonym
*Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)*	R. A. Philippi, 1841	synonym

Children

Pyrgiscus abrardi (Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)
Pyrgiscus crenatus (T. Brown, 1827)
Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846)
Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

Literature

original description	Philippi, [R.] A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 7(1): 5.
additional source	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.
additional source	Robba, E. (2013). Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica. 144: 1-191. [April 2013].
subsequent type designation	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, pl. 1-20.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841. 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:456502