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Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846)

836217  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:836217)

accepted
Species
Chemnitzia rufescens Forbes, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turbonilla rufescens (Forbes, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Chemnitzia rufescens Forbes, 1846) Forbes, E. 1846. Notice of Additions to the Marine Fauna of Britain, discovered by Robert M'Andrew, Esq, since the last Meeting of the Association. <i>Report of fifteenth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Held at Cambridge in june 1845 p. 66</i>: , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12923129
page(s): 66 [details] 
Taxonomy There is disagreement regarding whether this Pyrgiscus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) and Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846)...  
Taxonomy There is disagreement regarding whether this Pyrgiscus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) and Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846) represent two different species (e.g: Høisæter, 2014 and references therein) or variation of the same species (e.g. Nordsieck, 1972). Here Høisæter (2014) is followed and the two species are treated as "accepted" [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=836217 on 2025-12-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=836217 on 2025-12-14
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2015-03-22 11:38:05Z
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Gofas, Serge

original description (of Chemnitzia rufescens Forbes, 1846) Forbes, E. 1846. Notice of Additions to the Marine Fauna of Britain, discovered by Robert M'Andrew, Esq, since the last Meeting of the Association. <i>Report of fifteenth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Held at Cambridge in june 1845 p. 66</i>: , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12923129
page(s): 66 [details] 

basis of record Landau, B.M. & Micali, P. (2021). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 13: Murchisonelloidea and Pyramidelloidea. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 21(2): 201-393., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020185
page(s): 307-309, pl. 115, figs 1-3 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Taxonomy There is disagreement regarding whether this Pyrgiscus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) and Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846) represent two different species (e.g: Høisæter, 2014 and references therein) or variation of the same species (e.g. Nordsieck, 1972). Here Høisæter (2014) is followed and the two species are treated as "accepted" [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Turbonilla rufescens (Forbes, 1846))
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Turbonilla rufescens (Forbes, 1846))
To Malacopics (Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846) United Kingdom, Scotland, Highland, Outer Hebrid... 
To PESI (from synonym Turbonilla rufescens (Forbes, 1846))
To PESI (from synonym Chemnitzia rufescens Forbes, 1846)
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