Pythia (gastropod)

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Pythia
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A live individual of Pythia cecillei.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:
Ellobioidea
Family:
Ellobiidae
Subfamily:
Genus:
Pythia

Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Phytia (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Pythia (Pythia) Röding, 1798 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Pythia (Trigonopythia) Kobelt, 1898 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Scarabus Montfort, 1810

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[]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2011-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
Pythia plicata


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