''Pythia cecillii'' is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a

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 The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Ellobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pythia cecillii (Philippi, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1468332 on 2022-03-21 Okihirashiinomi0904

The specific name ''cecillii'' is in honor of the French admiral

Jean-Baptiste Cécille Jean-Baptiste Thomas Médée Cécille (16 October 1787, Rouen – 9 November 1873) was a French Admiral and politician who played an important role in the French intervention of Vietnam. He also circumnavigated the globe. Military career In 18 ...

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan. It is critically endangered and endangered (CR＋EN) in Japan.. accessed 1 October 2009

References

External links

Philippi, R. A. (1847-1848). Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 4(5): 71-77; 4(6): 84-96; 4(8): 113-127
Ellobiidae Gastropods described in 1847 {{Ellobiidae-stub