Thesbia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Thesbia Jeffreys, 1867 |
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| Tritonium nanum Lovén, 1846
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This genus was named after Thesbia, one of the Sea-nymphs of Hesiod.
Description
editthe original description of this genus notes that it features thin and smooth outer lip while the apex of the spire is irregularly coiled.[2]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Thesbia include:
- Thesbia dyscrita (Watson, 1881)
- Thesbia michaelseni (Strebel, 1905)
- Thesbia nana (Lovén, 1846)[3]
- Thesbia unica Sysoev, 1988[4]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Thesbia albus Mac Andrew & Forbes, 1847: synonym of Thesbia nana (Lovén, 1846)
- Thesbia algoensis Thiele, 1925: synonym of Glyptanachis algoensis (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Decipifus algoensis (Thiele, 1925)
- † Thesbia antiselli (Anderson & Martin, 1914): synonym of † Xenuroturris antiselli (F. Anderson & B. Martin, 1914)
- Thesbia filostriata Strebel, 1905: synonym of Typhlodaphne filostriata (Strebel, 1905)
- Thesbia folini Locard, 1897: synonym of Xanthodaphne leptalea (Bush, 1893)
- Thesbia innocens E. A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Falsimohnia innocens (E. A. Smith, 1907)
- Thesbia nanum Lovén, 1846: synonym of Thesbia nana (Lovén, 1846)
- Thesbia nudator Locard, 1897: synonym of Bathybela nudator (Locard, 1897)
- Thesbia ohlini Strebel, 1905: synonym of Pleurotomella ohlini (Strebel, 1905)
References
edit- ^ a b Thesbia Jeffreys, 1867. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Jeffreys, 1867: British Conchology: or, an Account of the Mollusca Which Now Inhabit the British Isles and the Surrounding Seas
- ^ Thesbia nana (Lovén, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Thesbia unica Sysoev, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010). Nomenclator of Molluscan Supraspecific Names
External links
edit- Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae
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