{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = | image = Pyrgiscus thielei 001.png | image_caption = Drawing of a shell of ''Pyrgiscus thielei'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Pyrgiscus | authority =Philippi, 1841<ref>Philippi, 1840. Weigm., Archiv., i, 50.</ref> | type_species = ''Melania rufa'' | type_species_authority = Philippi, 1836 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * ''Ortostelis'' <small>Aradas & Maggiore, 1841</small> (objective synonym) * ''Pyrgiscilla'' <small>Laws, 1937</small> * ''Pyrgisculus'' <small>Monterosato, 1884</small> * ''Pyrgiscus (Pyrgiscus)'' <small>Philippi, 1841</small> * ''Pyrgostelis'' <small>Monterosato, 1884</small> * ''Turbonilla (Pyrgisculus)'' <small>Monterosato, 1884</small> * ''Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)'' <small>Philippi, 1841</small> * T''urbonilla (Pyrgostelis)'' <small>Monterosato, 1884</small> }}
'''''Pyrgiscus''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Turbonillinae of the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Pyrgiscus'' include:<ref name="WoRMS" /> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * † ''Pyrgiscus abjunctus'' <small>Laws, 1937</small> * ''Pyrgiscus abrardi'' <small>(Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)</small> * † ''Pyrgiscus adeps'' <small>(Laws, 1937)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus alacer'' <small>Saurin, 1959</small> * ''Pyrgiscus altenai'' <small>van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996</small> * ''Pyrgiscus amicitia'' <small>(Nomura, 1936)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus asmundinus'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus aureocinctus''<small> (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus basicinctus'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus bisculptus''<small> (Nomura, 1937)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus bona''<small> (Nomura, 1937)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus boninensis''<small> (Nomura, 1939)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus brevis'' <small>(Nomura, 1936)</small> * † ''Pyrgiscus caribbaeus'' <small>Landau & LaFollette, 2015</small> * ''Pyrgiscus cedrosus'' <small>(Dall, 1884)</small> * † ''Pyrgiscus chattonensis'' <small>(Marwick, 1929)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus crassus'' <small>Saurin, 1959</small> * ''Pyrgiscus crenatus'' <small>(Brown, 1827)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus crystallopectus'' <small> (Melvill, 1910)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus dawydoffi'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus dongkhanhi'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus eminutus''<small> (de Folin, 1878)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus erica'' <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus eumenes'' <small> (Melvill, 1910)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus feraudi'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * † ''Pyrgiscus festivus'' <small>(Marwick, 1943)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus gracilentus'' <small>(Nomura, 1936)</small> * † ''Pyrgiscus hampdenensis'' <small>(R. S. Allan, 1926)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus hataianus''<small> (Nomura, 1937)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus hebridarum'' <small>(Peñas & Rolán, 2010)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus inaequistriatus'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus infantilis'' <small>Saurin, 1958</small> * ''Pyrgiscus infelix'' <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small> * † ''Pyrgiscus intextus'' <small>(Marwick, 1931)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus irma'' <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus jeffreysii'' <small>(Jeffreys, 1848)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus kotorai'' <small>(Nomura, 1936)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus mabutii'' <small>(Nomura, 1938)</small> * † ''Pyrgiscus macphersoni'' <small>(Marwick, 1931)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus massui'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus matsunamiensis'' <small>(Otuka, 1935)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus miyakoensis''<small> (Nomura, 1939)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus mourazimanus'' <small>(Nomura, 1938)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus nagarinus'' <small>Saurin, 1959</small> * ''Pyrgiscus ninettae'' <small>van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996</small> * ''Pyrgiscus optimus'' <small>(Nomura, 1936)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus optivus''<small> (Nomura, 1937)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus otakauicus'' (<small>Laws, 1937</small>) * † ''Pyrgiscus otoconsors'' (<small>Laws, 1937</small>) * ''Pyrgiscus pacificus'' <small>(Yokoyama, 1922)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus pellucidus'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus plebeia'' <small>(Nomura, 1936)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus prolongatus'' <small>(W.H. Turton, 1932)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus quangae'' <small>Saurin, 1959</small> * ''Pyrgiscus renatae'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus rufescens'' <small>(Forbes, 1846)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus rufus'' <small>(Philippi, 1836)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus semistriata'' <small>(Saurin, 1962)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus siamensis'' <small>(Saurin, 1962)</small> * † ''Pyrgiscus silvai'' <small>Landau & LaFollette, 2015</small> * ''Pyrgiscus speciosus'' <small>(A. Adams, 1860)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus tabulae'' <small>(Saurin, 1962)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus taiaroa'' (<small>Laws, 1937</small>) * ''Pyrgiscus tateyamaensis'' <small>(Nomura, 1938)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus tefunta'' <small>(Bartsch, 1915)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus thielei'' <small>van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996</small> * ''Pyrgiscus thuanae'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus umemotoi'' <small>(Nomura, 1938)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus vannieri'' <small>Saurin, 1959</small> * † ''Pyrgiscus waihaoicus'' <small>(P. A. Maxwell, 1992)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus yoritomoi'' <small>(Nomura, 1938)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus yoshikoae'' <small>Hori & Fukuda, 1999</small> * ''Pyrgiscus yoshisadai'' <small>(Nomura, 1938)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus yotukurensis'' <small>(Nomura, 1938)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus yvonnae'' <small>(Saurin, 1959)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus zinboi'' <small>(Nomura, 1936)</small> {{div col end}} ;The following species were brought into synonymy:<ref name="WoRMS" /> * ''Pyrgiscus aulicus'' <small>(Dall & Bartsch, 1906)</small>: synonym of ''Turbonilla aulica'' <small>Dall & Bartsch, 1906</small> * ''Pyrgiscus bisculpta'' [sic]: synonym of ''Pyrgiscus bisculptus''<small> (Nomura, 1937)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus bowensis'' [sic]: synonym of ''Turbonilla bowenensis'' <small>Laseron, 1959</small> * † ''Pyrgiscus discors'' <small>P. A. Maxwell, 1988</small> : synonym of † ''Turriscala discors'' <small>(P. A. Maxwell, 1988)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus erna''<small> (Thiele, 1925)</small>: synonym of ''Pyrgiscus thielei'' <small>van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996</small> (Invalid: based on junior homonym of ''Turbonilla erna'' <small>Bartsch, 1915</small>; ''Pyrgiscus thielei'' is a replacement name) * ''Pyrgiscus flexicosta'' <small>Laseron, 1951</small>: synonym of ''Turbonilla flexicosta'' <small>(Laseron, 1951)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus fulvizonatus'' <small> (Melvill, 1910)</small>: synonym of ''Turbonilla fulvizonata'' <small>Nomura, 1938</small> * ''Pyrgiscus gravicosta'' <small>Laseron, 1951</small>: synonym of ''Turbonilla gravicosta'' <small>(Laseron, 1951)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus hataiana'' [sic]: synonym of ''Pyrgiscus hataianus''<small> (Nomura, 1937)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus hedleyi'' <small>Laseron, 1951</small>: synonym of ''Turbonilla hedleyi'' <small>(Laseron, 1951)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus infans'' <small>Laseron, 1951</small>: synonym of ''Graphis infans'' <small>(Laseron, 1951)</small> (original combination) * ''Pyrgiscus microscopica'' <small>(Laseron, 1959)</small>: synonym of ''Turbonilla mumia'' <small>(A. Adams, 1861)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus mirandus'' <small>Saurin, 1959</small>: synonym of ''Turbonilla funiculata'' <small>de Folin, 1868</small> * ''Pyrgiscus mumia'' <small>(A. Adams, 1861)</small>: synonym of ''Turbonilla mumia'' <small>(A. Adams, 1861)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus optima'' [sic]: synonym of ''Pyrgiscus optimus'' <small>(Nomura, 1936)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus pacifica'' [sic]: synonym of ''Pyrgiscus pacificus'' <small>(Yokoyama, 1922)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus pinguis'' <small>Laseron, 1951</small>: synonym of ''Turbonilla pinguis'' <small>(Laseron, 1951)</small> * ''Pyrgiscus sumneri'' <small>(Bartsch, 1909)</small>: synonym of ''Turbonilla sumneri'' <small>Bartsch, 1909</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * 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== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456502 World Register of Marine Species] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9706902 Philippi R.A. (1841). ''Zoologische Bemerkungen''. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin : 7(1): 42-59; pl. 5] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711 Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the Author, Palermo, 152 pp.] * [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_67/rsnz_67_02_001940.html 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] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3136160 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]
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