Pythia cecillei | |
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A live but retracted 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 |
Species: | P. cecillei |
Binomial name | |
Pythia cecillei (Philippi, 1847) |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
Pythia cecillei is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.
The specific name cecillei is in honor of the French admiral Jean-Baptiste Cécille.
This species occurs in Japan.
It is critically endangered and endangered (CR+EN) in Japan.