Pythia (gastropod)

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Phytia (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Pythia (Holcomphalia) Möllendorff, 1898 · alternate representation
Pythia (Pythia) Röding, 1798 · accepted, alternate representation
Pythia (Trigonopythia) Kobelt, 1898 · accepted, alternate representation
Scarabus Montfort, 1810

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

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.azoresbioportal.angra.uac.pt/files/publicacoes_Martins_1995MollRes.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617120607/http://www.azoresbioportal.angra.uac.pt/files/publicacoes_Martins_1995MollRes.pdf |archive-date=2012-06-17 |url-status=dead }}

Pythia is the type genus of the subfamily Pythiinae.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, species in the genus Pythia include:

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)

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;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

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

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 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]
[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34342079 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).]
[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409]
[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58468236 Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1898). Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 26-208.]

Category:Ellobiidae

Category:Gastropod genera