''Theba'' is a
taxonomic
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genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s, medium-sized
pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Helicidae
Helicidae is a large, diverse family of small to large, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails."
A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including ''Cornu aspersum'' (formerly ''Helix aspersa'') the b ...
, the true snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426410 on 2021-05-06]
''Theba'' is the type genus of the tribe Thebini.
The genus occurs in the
Mediterranean Basin
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, in the
Canary Islands
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, and in
Morocco
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Theba'' include:
* ''
Theba andalusica''
Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987[''Species in genus Theba''](_blank)
(n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 3 May 2009.["''Theba'' Risso 1826"](_blank)
Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea is a database of the scientific names and distribution of all living multicellular European land and fresh-water animals. It serves as a standard taxonomic source for animal taxonomy within the Pan-European Species directories Infras ...
, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 11 May 2011.
* ''
Theba arinagae''
Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987
* † ''
Theba cartaxensis''
(Roman, 1907)
* ''
Theba chudeaui
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Germain, 1908)
* ''
Theba clausoinflata''
(Mousson, 1857)
* † ''
Theba costillae
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
Hutterer, 1990
* ''
Theba geminata
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Mousson, 1857)
* ''
Theba grasseti
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Theba impugnata
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Mousson, 1857)
* ''
Theba lindneri
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
Kittel, 2012
* ''
Theba macandrewiana''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* † ''
Theba milneedwardsi
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Filhol, 1877)
* ''
Theba orzolae
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
Gittenberger & Ripken, 1985
* ''
Theba pisana
''Theba pisana'', common names the white garden snail, sand hill snail, white Italian snail, Mediterranean coastal snail, and simply just the Mediterranean snail, is an edible species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmon ...
''
(Müller, 1774) –
type species
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* † ''
Theba quintanellensis
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Roman, 1907)
* ''
Theba sacchii
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Gitten & Ripken, 1987)
* ''
Theba solimae
''Theba'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing land snails, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theba Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Sacchi, 1955)
NCBI, accessed 11 May 2011.
* '' Theba subdentata'' (Férussac, 1821)Monacha cemenelea
''Monacha'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochulininae Lindholm, 1927 of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mo ...
'' (Risso, 1826) (original combination)
* ''Theba compingtae' Pallary, 1929: synonym of Monacha compingtae
''Monacha'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochulininae Lindholm, 1927 of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mo ...
(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
''Monacha'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochulininae Lindholm, 1927 of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mo ...
'' (Risso, 1826) (junior synonym)
* ''Theba samsunensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1868): synonym of '' Monacha samsunensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) (unaccepted combination)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12
Hartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx
Held, F. (1837-1838). Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns. Isis (Oken), 30 (4): 303-309 (1837); 30 (12): 901-919 (1838). Leipzig
Beck, H. (1837). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 1-124. Hafniae
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