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

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.

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 tortuosaMousson, 1871
  • Pythia trigona (Troschel, 1838)
  • Pythia undata(Lesson, 1831)
  • Pythia variabilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)
Pythia plicata

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)
  • 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

  • . (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409]

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