Pythia scarabaeus

Pythia scarabaeus
Engraving of a live individual of Pythia scarabaeus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata

Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Subfamily: Pythiinae
Genus: Pythia
Species: P. scarabaeus
Binomial name
Pythia scarabaeus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Helix scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Pythia argenvillei L. Pfeiffer, 1853
  • Pythia helicina Röding, 1798
  • Scarabus imbrium Montfort, 1810

Pythia scarabaeus is a species of air-breathing saltmarsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae. [1]

Two shells of Pythia scarabaeus

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Pythia scarabaeus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707659 on 2015-02-07

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