| Pythia scarabaeus | |
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| Engraving of a live individual of Pythia scarabaeus. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Pythia |
| Species: | P. scarabaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pythia scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pythia scarabaeus is a species of air-breathing saltmarsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae. [1]
This salt marsh snail is light brown all over with dark brown to black spots distributed irregularly. variations include a lighter background color.
Pythia scarabaeus is found in the Indo-Pacific range.
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