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 <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1853</small>
- Pythia anhi <small>Thach, 2016</small>
- Pythia apiensis <small>E. A. Smith, 1884</small>
- Pythia bischofi <small>I. Rensch, 1937</small>
- â Pythia bonneti <small>(Cossmann, 1895)</small>
- Pythia borneensis <small>(A. Adams, 1851)</small>
- Pythia castanea <small>(Lesson, 1831)</small>
- Pythia cecillii <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Pythia celebensis <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1855</small>
- Pythia ceylanica <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1853</small>
- Pythia chalcostoma <small>(A. Adams, 1851</small>)
- Pythia chrysostoma <small>Tapparone Canefri, 1883</small>
- Pythia colmani <small>Martins, 1995</small>
- Pythia cumingiana <small>(Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)</small>
- Pythia fimbriosa <small>Möllendorff, 1885</small>
- Pythia imperforata <small>(A. Adams, 1850)</small>
- Pythia inflata <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1853</small>
- Pythia insularis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)
- Pythia lekithostoma <small>Reeve, 1832</small>
- Pythia lozoueti <small>Thach & F. Huber, 2021</small>
- Pythia macgillivrayi <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1855</small>
- Pythia nana <small>Bavay, 1908</small>
- Pythia ovata <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1855</small>
- Pythia pantherina <small>(A. Adams, 1851)</small>
- Pythia perovata <small>Garrett, 1872</small>
- Pythia plicata <small>(Férussac, 1821)</small>
- Pythia pyramidata <small>(Reeve, 1842)</small>
- Pythia savaiensis <small>(Mousson, 1869)</small>
- Pythia scarabaeus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Pythia semisulcata <small>(A. Adams, 1851)</small>
- Pythia sinuosa <small>(A. Adams, 1851)</small>
- Pythia striata <small>(Reeve, 1842)</small>
- Pythia tortuosa<small> Mousson, 1871</small>
- Pythia trigona <small>(Troschel, 1838)</small>
- Pythia undata<small> (Lesson, 1831)</small>
- Pythia variabilis <small>(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)</small>
Taxon inquirendum:
- Pythia albovaricosa <small>Pfeiffer, 1853</small>
- Pythia pachyodon <small>Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1908</small> (taxon inquirendum)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Pythia acuminata <small>(Morelet, 1889)</small>: synonym of Myosotella myosotis <small>(Draparnaud, 1801)</small> (junior synonym)
- Pythia argenvillei <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1853</small>: synonym of Pythia scarabaeus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Pythia cecillei <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>: synonym of Pythia cecillii <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small> (unjustified emendation to original species name, Scarabus cecillii <small>Philippi, 1847</small>)
- Pythia ferminii <small>Beck, 1838</small>: synonym of Ovatella firminii <small>(Payraudeau, 1826)</small>
- Pythia gassiesi <small>Crosse, 1895</small>: synonym of Pythia undata <small>(Lesson, 1831)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Pythia helicina <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Pythia scarabaeus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Pythia letourneuxi <small>(Bourguignat, 1887)</small>: synonym of Myosotella denticulata <small>(Montagu, 1803)</small>: synonym of Myosotella myosotis <small>(Draparnaud, 1801)</small>
- Pythia petiveriana <small>(Férussac, 1821)</small>: synonym of Pythia pantherina <small>(A. Adams, 1851)</small> (junior synonym)
- Pythia reeveana <small>Pfeiffer, 1853</small>: synonym of Pythia pantherina <small>(A. Adams, 1851)</small> (junior synonym)
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
External links
- 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
- 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).
- Montfort P. [Denys de. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409]
- Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1898). Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 26-208.