Biology:Pythia cecillii

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pythia cecillii
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A live but retracted individual of Pythia cecillii.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Ellobioidea
Family:
Subfamily:
Pythiinae
Genus:
Species:
P. cecillii
Binomial name
Pythia cecillii
(Philippi, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Pythia cecillei (Philippi, 1847) (unjustified emendation to...)
  • Scarabus cecillii Philippi, 1847 (original combination)

Pythia cecillii is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.[1]

Apertual and abapertural view of a shell of Pythia cecillii.

The specific name cecillii is in honor of the French admiral Jean-Baptiste Cécille.

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan.

It is critically endangered and endangered (CR+EN) in Japan.[2]

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pythia cecillii (Philippi, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1468332 on 2022-03-21
  2. "日本のレッドデータ検索システム" (in ja). http://www.jpnrdb.com/search.php?mode=map&q=110504140010676. . accessed 1 October 2009

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1057496 entry