Pythia (gastropod)
| Pythia | |
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| A live individual of Pythia cecillei. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pythiinae |
| Genus: |
Pythia Röding, 1798 |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
Pythia is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in 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.
According to WoRMS, species in the genus Pythia include:
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