Theba
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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. Theba is the type genus of the tribe Thebini.[2]
The genus occurs in the Mediterranean Basin, in the Canary Islands, and in Morocco.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Theba include:
- Theba andalusica Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987[4][5][6]
- Theba arinagae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987[5][6]
- Theba clausoinflata (Mousson, 1857)[6]
- Theba chudeaui (Germain, 1908)[4][7]
- Theba geminata (Mousson, 1857)[4][5][6]
- Theba grasseti (Mousson, 1872)[4][6]
- Theba impugnata (Mousson, 1857)[4][5][6]
- Theba macandrewiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)[4][6]
- Theba orzolae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1985[4]
- Theba pisana (Müller, 1774) – type species[4][5][6]
- Theba sacchii (Gitten & Ripken, 1987)[4][8]
- Theba solimae (Sacchi, 1955)[4][9]
- Theba subdentata (Férussac, 1821)[4][5][6]
References
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- ^ Risso A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. pp. [1-3], j-vij [= 1-7], 1-439, pl. [1-12]. Paris. (Levrault).
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ Greve C., Hutterer R., Groh K., Haase M. & Misof B. (2010). "Evolutionary diversification of the genus Theba (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in space and time: A land snail conquering islands and continents". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(2): 572-584. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Gittenberger, G.; Ripken, Th. E. J. (1987). "The genus Theba (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Helicidae), Systematics and distribution". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 241 (1): 1–59.
- ^ a b c d e f Species in genus Theba (n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 3 May 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Theba Risso 1826". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 11 May 2011.
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- ^ [2]. NCBI, accessed 11 May 2011.
- ^ [3]. NCBI, accessed 11 May 2011.