MolluscaBase - Micropyrgus Meek, 1866 †

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Micropyrgus Meek, 1866 †

AphiaID

1258228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1258228)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Melania minutula Meek & Hayden, 1856 † accepted as Micropyrgus minutulus (Meek & Hayden, 1856) † (type by original designation)

Parent

Hydrobiidae W. Stimpson, 1865

Original name

Micropyrgus Meek, 1866 †

Direct children (5)

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Species Micropyrgus camselli L. S. Russell, 1957 †
Species Micropyrgus cornutus Y.-T. Li, 1985 †
Species Micropyrgus higdoni (L. S. Russell, 1937) †
Species Micropyrgus minutulus (Meek & Hayden, 1856) †
Species Micropyrgus simplus L.-S. Huang, 1987 †

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Conrad, T. A. (1866). Checklist of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Eocene and Oligocene. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 7(200): iv + 1–41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817605
page(s): 12, 35 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Micropyrgus Meek in Conrad, 1866 †. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258228 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-06-04 10:31:20Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2018-07-09 20:58:41Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-08-23 11:21:24Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Conrad, T. A. (1866). Checklist of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Eocene and Oligocene. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 7(200): iv + 1–41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817605
page(s): 12, 35 [details]