Pythia (gastropod)
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A live individual of Pythia cecillei. | |
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Superfamily: | Ellobioidea
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Genus: | Pythia Röding, 1798
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Pythia is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.[1]
Pythia is a largely terrestrial genus commonly found in the Indo-Pacific. It lives in mangroves from above high tide to further inland. It is readily differentiated within the family by its dorso-ventrally flattened shell and heavily dentate aperture. Plate gave the first account of Pythia scarabaeus in 1897.[2]
Pythia is the type genus of the subfamily Pythiinae.
Species[]
According to the World Register of Marine Species, species in the genus Pythia include:[1]
- Thach, 2016
- Pythia cecillei (Philippi, 1847)
- Martins, 1995
- Möllendorff, 1885
- (A. Adams, 1850)
- Reeve, 1832
- (Not available in WoRMS)
- Not available in WoRMS
- (A. Adams, 1851)
- (Férussac, 1821)
- Pfeiffer, 1853
- (Mousson, 1869)
- Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- (Troschel, 1838)
- Taxon inquirendum
- Pythia albovaricosa Pfeiffer, 1853
- Species brought into synonymy
- Pythia argenvillei L. Pfeiffer, 1853: synonym of Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pythia ferminii Beck, 1838: synonym of (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Pythia helicina Röding, 1798: synonym of Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
References[]
- ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2011). Pythia Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560065 on 2011-12-04
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
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- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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