Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Bulloidea > Family Retusidae > Genus Pyrunculus

Pyrunculus hoernesi (Weinkauff, 1866)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyrunculus*	Pilsbry, 1895	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Bulla (Cylichna) hoernesi*	Weinkauff, 1866	synonym
*Cylichna cuneata*	Tiberi, 1868	synonym
*Cylichna hoernesii*	(Weinkauff, 1866)	synonym
*Retusa striatula*	(Forbes, 1844) sensu Pallary, 1900	misapplied name

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
additional source	Ortea J., Moro L., Bacallado J.J., Sanchez J.J., Telle A. & Herrero R. (2009) Nuevas aportaciones al inventario de las babosas marinas del archipiélago canario (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia y Sacoglossa). Vieraea 37: 105-117.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyrunculus hoernesi (Weinkauff, 1866). 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:141124