Pyrgiscus rufus

Pyrgiscus rufus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1][2][3]

Pyrgiscus rufus
A shell of Pyrgiscus rufus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Pyrgiscus
Species:	P. rufus
Binomial name
Pyrgiscus rufus (Philippi, 1836)
Synonyms
Chemnitzia densecostata Philippi, 1844 Chemnitzia fasciata Requien, 1848 Melania rufa Philippi, 1836 Parthenia fasciata Forbes, 1844 Pyrgostelis rufa (Philippi, 1836) (recombined) Pyrgostelis rufa var. spectabilis Monterosato, 1884 Pyrgostelis spectabilis Monterosato, 1884 Turbonilla densecostata (Philippi, 1844) Turbonilla formosa scalaroides Nordsieck, 1972 Turbonilla rufa (Philippi, 1836) Turritella danmoniensis Leach in Gray, 1852 Turritella scalaroides Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)

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).^[1]

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.^[4]