Pythia (gastropod)

Pythia
	A live individual of Pythia cecillei.
Scientific classification
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
	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;

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

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[edit]

According 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp

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[WoRMS-1] 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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