Pyrgiscus himertus Oldroyd 1925

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Alternative combination: Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) himerta

Full reference: T. S. Oldroyd. 1925. The fossils of the Lower San Pedro fauna of the Nob Hill cut, San Pedro, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 65(2535):1-39

Belongs to Pyrgiscus according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Oldroyd 1925

Sister taxa: Pyrgiscus antestriatus, Pyrgiscus auricoma, Pyrgiscus laminatus, Pyrgiscus latifundius, Pyrgiscus moerchi, Pyrgiscus tenuiculus, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) agrestis, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) bravoensis, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) hormigacuesta, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) senistriata

Type specimen: USNM 333508. Its type locality is Nob Hill cut, San Pedro, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in the San Pedro Sand Formation of California.

Distribution: found only at Nob Hill cut, San Pedro

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