Pythia is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Pythia Röding, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Pythia helicina Röding, 1798
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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
editAccording to the World Register of Marine Species, species in the genus Pythia include:[1]
- Pythia albovaricosa L. Pfeiffer, 1853
- Pythia anhi Thach, 2016
- Pythia apiensis E. A. Smith, 1884
- Pythia bischofi I. Rensch, 1937
- † Pythia bonneti (Cossmann, 1895)
- Pythia borneensis (A. Adams, 1851)
- Pythia castanea (Lesson, 1831)
- Pythia cecillii (Philippi, 1847)
- Pythia celebensis L. Pfeiffer, 1855
- Pythia ceylanica L. Pfeiffer, 1853
- Pythia chalcostoma (A. Adams, 1851)
- Pythia chrysostoma Tapparone Canefri, 1883
- Pythia colmani Martins, 1995
- Pythia cumingiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
- Pythia fimbriosa Möllendorff, 1885
- Pythia imperforata (A. Adams, 1850)
- Pythia inflata L. Pfeiffer, 1853
- Pythia insularis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)
- Pythia lekithostoma Reeve, 1832
- Pythia lozoueti Thach & F. Huber, 2021
- Pythia macgillivrayi L. Pfeiffer, 1855
- Pythia nana Bavay, 1908
- Pythia ovata L. Pfeiffer, 1855
- Pythia pantherina (A. Adams, 1851)
- Pythia perovata Garrett, 1872
- Pythia plicata (Férussac, 1821)
- Pythia pyramidata (Reeve, 1842)
- Pythia savaiensis (Mousson, 1869)
- Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pythia semisulcata (A. Adams, 1851)
- Pythia sinuosa (A. Adams, 1851)
- Pythia striata (Reeve, 1842)
- Pythia tortuosa Mousson, 1871
- Pythia trigona (Troschel, 1838)
- Pythia undata (Lesson, 1831)
- Pythia variabilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)
- Taxon inquirendum
- Pythia albovaricosa Pfeiffer, 1853
- Pythia pachyodon Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1908 (taxon inquirendum)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Pythia acuminata (Morelet, 1889): synonym of Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (junior synonym)
- Pythia argenvillei L. Pfeiffer, 1853: synonym of Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pythia cecillei (Philippi, 1847): synonym of Pythia cecillii (Philippi, 1847) (unjustified emendation to original species name, Scarabus cecillii Philippi, 1847)
- Pythia ferminii Beck, 1838: synonym of Ovatella firminii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Pythia gassiesi Crosse, 1895: synonym of Pythia undata (Lesson, 1831) (junior subjective synonym)
- Pythia helicina Röding, 1798: synonym of Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pythia letourneuxi (Bourguignat, 1887): synonym of Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Pythia petiveriana (Férussac, 1821): synonym of Pythia pantherina (A. Adams, 1851) (junior synonym)
- Pythia reeveana Pfeiffer, 1853: synonym of Pythia pantherina (A. Adams, 1851) (junior synonym)
References
edit- ^ 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
External links
edit- Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
- Kobelt, W. (1897-1901). Die Familie Auriculacea. Zweiter Theil. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Ersten Bandes, sechzehnte Abtheilung, zweiter Theil. (1) 16 (2, 433): pls. 10, 11, 13 (1897); (1) 16 (2, 435): 77-108, pls. 12, 14-18 (1898); (1) 16 (2, 437): 109-180, pls. 19-24 (1898); (1) 16 (2, 438): 181-228, pls. 25-30 (1898); (1) 16 (2, 458): 229-268, pls. 31, 32 (1900); (1) 16 (2, 460): 269-316 (1901). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe).
- Montfort P. [Denys de. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409]
- Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1898). Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 26-208.
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