Pythia (gastropod)

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Pythia
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A live individual of Pythia cecillei .
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Pythia
Röding, 1798
Type species
Pythia helicina
Röding, 1798
Synonyms [1]
  • Phytia(Incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Pythia (Holcomphalia)Möllendorff, 1898 · alternate representation
  • Pythia (Pythia)Röding, 1798 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Pythia (Trigonopythia)Kobelt, 1898 · accepted, alternate representation
  • ScarabusMontfort, 1810

Pythia is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae. [1]

Contents

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]

Pythia plicata Pythia plicata 001.jpg
Pythia plicata
Taxon inquirendum
Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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)

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