Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer - Marine Life Named By Pfeiffer

Marine Life Named By Pfeiffer

He named more than 20 new genera and species, some of which have become synonyms:

  • Buccinum pusillum Pfeiffer, 1840 is a synonym of Astyris lunata (Say, 1826)
  • Cerithium martinianum Pfeiffer, 1840 is a synonym of Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Cerithium pallidum Pfeiffer, 1840 is a synonym of Bittiolum varium (Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Cerithium varium Pfeiffer, 1840 is a synonym of Bittiolum varium (Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Glugea cladocera Pfeiffer
  • Marginella pellucida Pfeiffer, 1840 is a synonym of Prunum pellucidum (Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Melampus cristatus Pfeiffer, 1854
  • Melampus floridanus Pfeiffer, 1856
  • Murex martinianus Pfeiffer, 1840 is a synonym of Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798)
  • Natica livida Pfeiffer, 1840
  • Nucula hartvigiana Pfeiffer in Dohrn, 1864
  • Omphalotropis Pfeiffer, 1851
  • Omphalotropis guamensis Pfeiffer, 1857
  • Omphalotropis plicosa Pfeiffer, 1852
  • Paludinella Pfeiffer, 1841
  • Physella Pfeiffer, 1861
  • Sculptaria Pfeiffer, 1855
  • Sunetta (Sunettina) Pfeiffer, 1869
  • Sunettina Pfeiffer, 1869
  • Terebra maculosa Pfeiffer, 1840 is a synonym of Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Truncatella californica Pfeiffer, 1857
  • Truncatella ceylanica Pfeiffer, 1857
  • Truncatella pulchella Pfeiffer, 1839
  • Venus puella Pfeiffer in Philippi, 1846 is a synonym of Anomalocardia puella (Pfeiffer in Philippi, 1846)

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