MolluscaBase - Pyrgostelis rufa (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

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Pyrgostelis rufa (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

AphiaID

577031 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:577031)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pyrgostelis Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841

Original name

Melania rufa R. A. Philippi, 1836

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Variety Pyrgostelis rufa var. spectabilis Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Melania rufa R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pyrgostelis rufa (Philippi, 1836). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577031 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-07-15 13:08:16Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-03-21 13:35:43Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2023-02-28 12:57:34Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Melania rufa R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details]