Pythia (gastropod)


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, 1853Pythia anhi Thach, 2016Pythia apiensis E. A. Smith, 1884Pythia bischofi I. Rensch, 1937
  • † Pythia bonneti Pythia borneensis Pythia castanea Pythia cecillii Pythia celebensis L. Pfeiffer, 1855Pythia ceylanica L. Pfeiffer, 1853Pythia chalcostoma Pythia chrysostoma Tapparone Canefri, 1883Pythia colmani Martins, 1995Pythia cumingiana Pythia fimbriosa Möllendorff, 1885Pythia imperforata Pythia inflata L. Pfeiffer, 1853Pythia insularis Pythia lekithostoma Reeve, 1832Pythia lozoueti Thach & F. Huber, 2021Pythia macgillivrayi L. Pfeiffer, 1855Pythia nana Bavay, 1908Pythia ovata L. Pfeiffer, 1855Pythia pantherina Pythia perovata Garrett, 1872Pythia plicata Pythia pyramidata Pythia savaiensis Pythia scarabaeus Pythia semisulcata Pythia sinuosa Pythia striata Pythia tortuosa Mousson, 1871Pythia trigona Pythia undata Pythia variabilis
;Taxon inquirendum:Pythia albovaricosa Pfeiffer, 1853 Pythia pachyodon Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1908
;Species brought into synonymy:Pythia acuminata : synonym of Myosotella myosotis Pythia argenvillei L. Pfeiffer, 1853: synonym of Pythia scarabaeus Pythia cecillei : synonym of Pythia cecillii Pythia ferminii Beck, 1838: synonym of Ovatella firminii Pythia gassiesi Crosse, 1895: synonym of Pythia undata Pythia helicina Röding, 1798: synonym of Pythia scarabaeus Pythia letourneuxi : synonym of Myosotella denticulata : synonym of Myosotella myosotis
  • Pythia petiveriana : synonym of Pythia pantherina
  • Pythia reeveana Pfeiffer, 1853: synonym of ''Pythia pantherina''