Pyrgiscus himertus Oldroyd 1925 (snail)

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) adusta, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) agrestis, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) almo, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) bravoensis, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) canfieldi, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) hormigacuesta, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) ista, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) sanctorum, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) senistriata, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) superba, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) vexativa, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) weldi

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.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nob Hill cut, San Pedro

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