Foraminifera taxon details
Pyrgo Defrance, 1824
112037 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112037)
accepted
Genus
Pyrgo laevis Defrance, 1824 (type by monotypy)
Biloculina d'Orbigny, 1826 · unaccepted
Miliola (Biloculina) Parker & Jones, 1865 · unaccepted
Miliolina (Biloculina) Goës, 1894 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 nom. transl.
Pseudobiloculina Cherif, 1970 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
Pyrgoides Hofker, 1976 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)
- Species Pyrgo abyssorum (Goës, 1894)
- Species Pyrgo aculeata (d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1830) †
- Species Pyrgo alata (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
- Species Pyrgo antarctica Saidova, 1975
- Species Pyrgo appendiculata (Eichwald, 1851) †
- Species Pyrgo appendiculata (Reuss, 1863) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary (and secondary) junior homonym of Biloculina appendiculata Eichwald, 1851)
- Species Pyrgo arctica (Goës, 1894)
- Species Pyrgo asanoi Nesterova, 1979
- Species Pyrgo basilanensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo bougainvillei (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Pyrgo bubnanensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo bulloides (d'Orbigny, 1826)
- Species Pyrgo byramensis Cushman & Todd, 1946 †
- Species Pyrgo calostoma (Karrer, 1868)
- Species Pyrgo canariensis (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Pyrgo clypeata (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Pyrgo collaprocera Saidova, 1975
- Species Pyrgo comata (Brady, 1881)
- Species Pyrgo compressioblonga Zheng, 1979
- Species Pyrgo controversa Bogdanovich, 1965 †
- Species Pyrgo curvua Lukina, 1980
- Species Pyrgo dapsiliformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo dapsilis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo dehiscens (Flint, 1899)
- Species Pyrgo denticulata (Brady, 1884)
- Species Pyrgo depressa (d'Orbigny, 1826)
- Species Pyrgo dispar McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo dissidens McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo diversilocula Lukina, 1972 †
- Species Pyrgo ecuadorensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo elongata (d'Orbigny, 1826)
- Species Pyrgo eocenica Le Calvez, 1947 †
- Species Pyrgo expressus McCulloch, 1981
- Species Pyrgo ezo Asano, 1938
- Species Pyrgo fiorei McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo flintii (Cushman, 1917)
- Species Pyrgo galapagosensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo globifera Lukina, 1980
- Species Pyrgo goesii Lukina, 1972 †
- Species Pyrgo guerrerii (Silvestri, 1900)
- Species Pyrgo hancocki McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo inornata (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Pyrgo insularis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo johnsoni Cushman, 1935
- Species Pyrgo jugosus Cushman, 1935
- Species Pyrgo kurilyi Saidova, 1975
- Species Pyrgo labrum Gudmundsson, 1998
- Species Pyrgo laevis Defrance, 1824
- Species Pyrgo lata (Wiesner, 1931)
- Species Pyrgo lateoralis Parr, 1950
- Species Pyrgo longirostra (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902)
- Species Pyrgo lucernula (Schwager, 1866)
- Species Pyrgo lupheri Rau, 1948 †
- Species Pyrgo magdalenaensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo magnacaudata Smith, 1948 †
- Species Pyrgo marianae McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo mediterranea Risso, 1826 †
- Species Pyrgo megastoma Zheng, 1979
- Species Pyrgo microstriatus Ozsvárt, 2003 †
- Species Pyrgo millettii McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo milneedwardsi (Schlumberger, 1891)
- Species Pyrgo monroei Cushman & Todd, 1946 †
- Species Pyrgo murrhina (Schwager, 1866)
- Species Pyrgo mutabilis (Martinotti, 1921)
- Species Pyrgo nasuta Cushman, 1935
- Species Pyrgo natukawa Matui & Nakagawa, 1942
- Species Pyrgo neodenticulatus McCulloch, 1981
- Species Pyrgo notalna Saidova, 1975
- Species Pyrgo oblonga (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Pyrgo oeensis (Martinotti, 1921)
- Species Pyrgo oligocenica Cushman, 1935
- Species Pyrgo opima Gordon, 1961 †
- Species Pyrgo oraria (Martinotti, 1921)
- Species Pyrgo pacifica Asano, 1956
- Species Pyrgo patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Pyrgo peruviana (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Pyrgo phlegeri Andersen, 1961
- Species Pyrgo pisum (Schlumberger, 1891)
- Species Pyrgo planoserratus McCulloch, 1981
- Species Pyrgo prolata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo pseudoinornata Cushman & Stainforth, 1951 †
- Species Pyrgo pyxis Gudmundsson, 1998
- Species Pyrgo quadrangularis (Goës, 1894)
- Species Pyrgo quadrata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1930)
- Species Pyrgo rasheedi Hatta, 1996
- Species Pyrgo ringens (Lamarck, 1804)
- Species Pyrgo rotalaria Loeblich & Tappan, 1953
- Species Pyrgo saccata (Goës, 1894)
- Species Pyrgo sacculus (Terquem, 1878) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Biloculina sacculus Terquem, 1858)
- Species Pyrgo saggittioris Zheng, 1988
- Species Pyrgo sagittioris Zheng, 1988
- Species Pyrgo sanbenitoensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo sanclementensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo sarsi (Schlumberger, 1891)
- Species Pyrgo semicostata (Cushman, 1917)
- Species Pyrgo serrata (Bailey, 1861)
- Species Pyrgo simplex (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Pyrgo simulatus McCulloch, 1981
- Species Pyrgo sinedente Wienrich, 1997 †
- Species Pyrgo siogamaensis Asano, 1937
- Species Pyrgo sphaeroides (Schlumberger, 1883)
- Species Pyrgo spinidorsa Zheng, 1980
- Species Pyrgo striatella (Cushman, 1908)
- Species Pyrgo striolata (Brady, 1884)
- Species Pyrgo subcircularis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo subglobulus Parr, 1950
- Species Pyrgo subpisum Parr, 1950 †
- Species Pyrgo subsphaerica (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Pyrgo subsphaerica Putrya, 1961 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Secondary junior homonym of Pyrgo subsphaerica (d'Orbigny, 1839))
- Species Pyrgo tainanensis Ishizaki, 1943
- Species Pyrgo tasmanensis Vella, 1957
- Species Pyrgo tubulosa (Costa, 1856)
- Species Pyrgo walshi McCulloch, 1981
- Species Pyrgo wiesneri Parr, 1950
- Species Pyrgo williamsoni (Silvestri, 1923)
- Species Pyrgo wrangellensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgo yabei Asano, 1936
- Species Pyrgo anomala (Schlumberger, 1891) accepted as Pyrgo inornata (d'Orbigny, 1846) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al (2010))
- Species Pyrgo bradyi (Schlumberger, 1891) accepted as Pyrgo fornasinii Chapman & Parr, 1935 accepted as Pyrgo sarsi (Schlumberger, 1891) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Nomen novum in Chapman and Parr (1935) Junior Homonym of B. bradyi Fornasini, 1886)
- Species Pyrgo carinata (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Biloculinella carinata (d'Orbigny, 1839) (Opinion of Jones (2013))
- Species Pyrgo depressus (d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Pyrgo depressa (d'Orbigny, 1826)
- Species Pyrgo eliptica Iovceva, 1962 † accepted as Istriloculina eliptica (Iovceva, 1962) † (Type species of Istriloculina)
- Species Pyrgo fischeri (Schlumberger, 1891) accepted as Pyrgo clypeata (d'Orbigny, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Kawagata and Kamahashi (2018))
- Species Pyrgo fornasinii Chapman & Parr, 1935 accepted as Pyrgo sarsi (Schlumberger, 1891) (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Jones (1994))
- Species Pyrgo globulus (Bornemann, 1855) accepted as Biloculinella globulus (Bornemann, 1855) (Opinion of Le Calvez and Le Calvez (1958))
- Species Pyrgo guerreri (Silvestri, 1900) accepted as Pyrgo guerrerii (Silvestri, 1900) (Subsequent incorrect spelling)
- Species Pyrgo hachijensis Uchio, 1952 accepted as Massilina hachijensis (Uchio, 1952) (Opinion of Zheng & Fu, 2008)
- Species Pyrgo imlimba Saidova, 1975 accepted as Pyrgo comata (Brady, 1881) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al (2010))
- Species Pyrgo inflata (Wright, 1902) accepted as Biloculinella inflata (Wright, 1902)
- Species Pyrgo labiata (Schlumberger, 1891) accepted as Biloculinella labiata (Schlumberger, 1891)
- Species Pyrgo lucernuloides Ujiié, 1990 accepted as Triloculina lucernuloides (Ujiié, 1990)
- Species Pyrgo lunula (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Pyrgo depressa (d'Orbigny, 1826) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al (2010))
- Species Pyrgo milletti (Cushman, 1917) accepted as Pyrgo millettii (Cushman, 1917) accepted as Pseudopyrgo millettii (Cushman, 1917) (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Pyrgo millettii (Cushman, 1917) accepted as Pseudopyrgo millettii (Cushman, 1917) (Type species of Pseudopyrgo)
- Species Pyrgo nasutus Cushman, 1935 accepted as Pyrgo nasuta Cushman, 1935
- Species Pyrgo sphaera (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Pyrgoella sphaera (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Pyrgo subalata Cuvillier & Szakall, 1949 † accepted as Pyrgo alata (d'Orbigny, 1852) † (Opinion of Kaasschieter (1955))
- Species Pyrgo subpisus Parr, 1950 accepted as Pyrgo subpisum Parr, 1950 † (Pisum: pea is a neutral noun II declension (not an adjective))
- Species Pyrgo vellai Saidova, 1975 accepted as Pyrgo ringens (Lamarck, 1804) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al (2010))
- Species Pyrgo vespertilio (Schlumberger, 1891) accepted as Sigmopyrgo vespertilio (Sclumberger, 1891)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: <i>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.)</i>. Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): vol. 32 p. 273 [details]
page(s): vol. 32 p. 273 [details]
Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, compressed through the midpoint of the opposing chambers, periphery angular to carinate, chambers...
Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, compressed through the midpoint of the opposing chambers, periphery angular to carinate, chambers one-half coil in length, microspheric generation with early quinqueloculine to cryptoquinqueloculine arrangement, adult biloculine; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture at the end of the final chamber, ovate, with a short bifid tooth. U. Eocene (Priabonian) to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Pyrgo Defrance, 1824. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112037 on 2025-02-02
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Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: <i>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.)</i>. Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): vol. 32 p. 273 [details]
original description (of Biloculina d'Orbigny, 1826) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 297 [details]
original description (of Pyrgoides Hofker, 1976) Hofker, J. (1976). Further studies on Caribbean foraminifera. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 49: 1-256., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506198
page(s): p. 115 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pseudobiloculina Cherif, 1970) Cherif, O.H. (1970). Die Miliolacea der Westküste von Naxos (Griechenland) und ihre Lebensbereiche. Dissertation Facultät Natur- und Geisteswissenschaften Technischen Universität Clausthal, p 176.
page(s): p. 131 [details]
original description (of Miliola (Biloculina) Parker & Jones, 1865) Parker, W. K.; Jones, T. R. (1865). On some Foraminifera from the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, including Davis Straits and Baffin's Bay. <em>Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> vol. 155: 325-441., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54092574
page(s): p. 409 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. <em>Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.</em> 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): vol. 32 p. 273 [details]
original description (of Biloculina d'Orbigny, 1826) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 297 [details]
original description (of Pyrgoides Hofker, 1976) Hofker, J. (1976). Further studies on Caribbean foraminifera. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 49: 1-256., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506198
page(s): p. 115 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pseudobiloculina Cherif, 1970) Cherif, O.H. (1970). Die Miliolacea der Westküste von Naxos (Griechenland) und ihre Lebensbereiche. Dissertation Facultät Natur- und Geisteswissenschaften Technischen Universität Clausthal, p 176.
page(s): p. 131 [details]
original description (of Miliola (Biloculina) Parker & Jones, 1865) Parker, W. K.; Jones, T. R. (1865). On some Foraminifera from the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, including Davis Straits and Baffin's Bay. <em>Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> vol. 155: 325-441., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54092574
page(s): p. 409 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. <em>Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.</em> 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, compressed through the midpoint of the opposing chambers, periphery angular to carinate, chambers one-half coil in length, microspheric generation with early quinqueloculine to cryptoquinqueloculine arrangement, adult biloculine; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture at the end of the final chamber, ovate, with a short bifid tooth. U. Eocene (Priabonian) to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]