Theba | |
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A live and active individual of Theba pisana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): |
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Helicidae |
Subfamily: | Helicinae |
Tribe: | Thebini |
Genus: |
Theba Risso, 1826 |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Theba is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails.
Theba is the type genus of the tribe Thebini.
The genus occurs in the Mediterranean Basin, in the Canary Islands, and in Morocco.
Species within the genus Theba include: