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Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846)

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

accepted
Species
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. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836217 on 2024-11-15
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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] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   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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