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Pythia cecillii

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Pythia cecillii
A live but retracted individual of Pythia cecillei.
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P. cecillei
Binomial name
Pythia cecillei
(Philippi, 1847)

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

Apertual and abapertural view of a shell of Pythia cecillei.

The specific name cecillei 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ Template:Jp icon "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-10-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). accessed 1 October 2009