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 > Genus Pyrgiscus

Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyrgiscus*	R. A. Philippi, 1841	accepted genus name
*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

Species group names

*Chemnitzia densecostata*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Chemnitzia fasciata*	Requien, 1848	synonym
*Melania rufa*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Parthenia fasciata*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Pyrgostelis rufa*	(R. A. Philippi, 1836)	synonym
*Pyrgostelis rufa var. spectabilis*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Pyrgostelis spectabilis*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) densecostata*	(R. A. Philippi, 1844)	synonym
*Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) densecostata var. plioastensis*	Sacco, 1892	synonym
*Turbonilla densecostata*	(R. A. Philippi, 1844)	synonym
*Turbonilla formosa scalaroides*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turbonilla rufa*	(R. A. Philippi, 1836)	synonym
*Turritella danmoniensis*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Turritella scalaroides*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Literature

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 (fine). Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89-176.
new combination reference	Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Micali, P.; Nofroni, I.; Bartolini, S. (2014). Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo Vol. 5 (Heterobranchia). Palermo, Edizioni Danaus. pp. 1-111, with 41 unnumbered plates (figs. 1-363), appendix pp. 1-91.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836). 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:836212