Pythia (gastropod)

Pythia
A live individual of Pythia cecillei.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Pythia
Röding, 1798
Type species
Pythia helicina
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • 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 molluscs 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.

  1. ^ a b 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)