Pythia scarabaeus

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Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Ellobiida
Family:Ellobiidae
Pythia scarabaeus
Engraving of a live individual of Pythia scarabaeus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Family: Ellobiidae
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 mollusc in the family Ellobiidae.[1]

Two shells of Pythia scarabaeus

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