Theba
Genus of gastropods
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Theba is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicinae |
| Tribe: | Thebini |
| Genus: | Theba Risso, 1826[1] |
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Description
Theba is the type genus of the tribe Thebini.[3] The genus occurs in the Mediterranean Basin, in the Canary Islands, and in Morocco.[4]
Species
Species within the genus Theba include:
- Theba andalusica Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987[5][6][7]
- Theba arinagae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987[6][7]
- † Theba cartaxensis (Roman, 1907)
- Theba chudeaui (Germain, 1908)[5][8]
- Theba clausoinflata (Mousson, 1857)[7]
- † Theba costillae Hutterer, 1990
- Theba geminata (Mousson, 1857)[5][6][7]
- Theba grasseti (Mousson, 1872)[5][7]
- Theba impugnata (Mousson, 1857)[5][6][7]
- Theba lindneri Kittel, 2012
- Theba macandrewiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)[5][7]
- † Theba milneedwardsi (Filhol, 1877)
- Theba orzolae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1985[5]
- Theba pisana (Müller, 1774) – type species[5][6][7]
- † Theba quintanellensis (Roman, 1907)
- Theba sacchii (Gitten & Ripken, 1987)[5][9]
- Theba solimae (Sacchi, 1955)[5][10]
- Theba subdentata (Férussac, 1821)[5][6][7]
- Theba tantanensis Hutterer, Greve & Haase, 2010
- Species brought into synonymy
- Theba albocincta P. Hesse, 1912: synonym of Monacha albocincta (Hesse, 1912) (original combination)
- Theba cemenelea Risso, 1826: synonym of Monacha cemenelea (Risso, 1826) (original combination)
- Theba compingtae Pallary, 1929: synonym of Monacha compingtae (Pallary, 1929) (original combination)
- Theba dofleini P. Hesse, 1928: synonym of Monacha dofleini (P. Hesse, 1928) (original combination)
- Theba hemitricha P. Hesse, 1914: synonym of Paratheba hemitricha (P. Hesse, 1914): synonym of Monacha hemitricha (P. Hesse, 1914) (original combination)
- Theba melitenensis P. Hesse, 1915: synonym of Monacha melitenensis (P. Hesse, 1915) (original combination)
- Theba orientalis Hesse, 1914: synonym of Monacha (Metatheba) samsunensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) represented as Monacha samsunensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) (junior synonym)
- Theba pontica (P. Fischer in Tchihatcheff, 1866) †: synonym of Monacha pontica (P. Fischer in Tchihatcheff, 1866) †
- Theba rubella Risso, 1826: synonym of Monacha cemenelea (Risso, 1826) (junior synonym)
- Theba samsunensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1868): synonym of Monacha samsunensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) (unaccepted combination)
