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Pyrgisculus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848)

1783578  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1783578)

accepted
Species
Dunkeria jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania scalaris R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Melania...)  
junior homonym of Melania scalaris Spix, 1827 and M. scalaris Sowerby, 1829
Odostomia scalaris var. jeffreysii Jeffreys, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pyrgisculus scalaris (R. A. Philippi, 1836) · unaccepted > junior homonym
Pyrgiscus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turbonilla jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Odostomia scalaris var. jeffreysii Jeffreys, 1848) Jeffreys, J. G. (1848). On the recent species of Odostomia, a genus of gasteropodous mollusks inhabiting the seas of Great Britain and Ireland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2)2: 330-351., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18686336
page(s): 346; note: ex Clark ms. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyrgisculus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1783578 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature

original description (of Melania scalaris 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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Odostomia scalaris var. jeffreysii Jeffreys, 1848) Jeffreys, J. G. (1848). On the recent species of Odostomia, a genus of gasteropodous mollusks inhabiting the seas of Great Britain and Ireland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2)2: 330-351., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18686336
page(s): 346; note: ex Clark ms. [details] 

original description (of Chemnitzia jeffreysii Forbes & Hanley, 1850) Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 251; pl. 94 fig. 5 [details] 

basis of record Landau, B.M. & Micali, P. (2021). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 13: Murchisonelloidea and Pyramidelloidea. Cainozoic Research. 21(2): 201-393., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020185
page(s): 297-298, pl. 103, fig. 1 [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
Polygons
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
English staircase pyramid [from synonym]Jeffrey's staircase pyramidsnail [from synonym]  [details]
German Jeffreys Wendeltürmchen [from synonym]Jeffreys Pyramidenschnecke [from synonym]  [details]
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