Kingdom Animalia Clade Heterobranchia Clade Panpulmonata Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Clade Euthyneura Family Pyramidellidae Genus Pyrgiscus | |
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Similar Eulimella, Turbonilla, Odostomia, Pyramidellidae | ||
Pyrgiscus rufus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
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Taxonomy
Whether this species is distinct from Pyrgiscus crenatus (Brown, 1827) is controversial. Both are tentatively distinguished by Reñas & Rolán in Gofas et al. (2011) and by Giannuzzi-Saveli et al. (2014).
Description
The shell grows to a length of 5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea. Watson's record from Puerto Rico is probably not the same species.
References
Pyrgiscus rufus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA