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Pyrgiscus tenuiculus

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Taxonomy
Chemnitzia tenuicula was named by Gould (1853). It is extant. Its type specimen is MCZ 169393, a shell.

It was recombined as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) tenuicula by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Turbonilla tenuicula by Valentine (1957); it was recombined as Pyrgiscus tenuiculus by Skoglund (2002), Skoglund (2002) and Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bruscasensis, P. discors, P. magnacrista, Turbonilla liraecostata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Chemnitzia tenuicula Gould p. 383 figs. pl. 14, fig. 15
1865Chemnitzia subcuspidata Carpenter p. 220
1865Chemnitzia crebrifilata Carpenter p. 395
1895Chemnitzia tenuicula Ashley p. 342
1903Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) crebrifilata Arnold p. 276
1903Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) subcuspidata Arnold p. 277
1925Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) tenuicula Oldroyd p. 14
1957Turbonilla tenuicula Valentine p. 298
2002Pyrgiscus tenuiculus Skoglund p. 200
2021Pyrgiscus tenuiculus Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderPylopulmonataTeasdale 2017
superfamilyPyramidelloidea(Gray 1840)
familyPyramidellidaeGray 1840
subfamilyTurbonillinaeBronn 1849
genusPyrgiscusRisso 1826
speciestenuiculus(Gould 1853)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) crebrifilata Carpenter 1865 [synonym], Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) subcuspidata Carpenter 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:35:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:35:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Turbonilla tenuicula (186031)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Turbonilla tenuicula (96590 96592 96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Turbonilla tenuicula (37933)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Turbonilla tenuicula (138723 203114) Turbonilla tenuicula, Turbonilla crebrifilata, Turbonilla subcuspidata (222663 222664)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Turbonilla tenuicula (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Turbonilla tenuicula (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chemnitzia tenuicula (222674) Turbonilla tenuicula (96566 160361 219029 219030) Turbonilla tenuicula, Turbonilla crebrifilata, Turbonilla subcuspidata (222661) Turbonilla tenuicula, Turbonilla subcuspidata (222660)