MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846)

WoRMS taxon details

Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846)

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841

Original name

Chemnitzia rufescens Forbes, 1846

Synonymised names

Chemnitzia rufescens Forbes, 1846 · unaccepted

Turbonilla rufescens (Forbes, 1846) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

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]

Descriptive notes

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]

Taxonomic citation

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

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-03-22 11:38:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

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

From editor or global species database

Definitions

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)

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846) United Kingdom, Scotland, Highland, Outer Hebrid...

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