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''Theba'' is a
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of air-breathing
land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...
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 inclu ...
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
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s in the family
Helicidae Helicidae is a large, diverse family of western Palaearctic, medium to large-sized, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails." It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropoge ...
, 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


Description

''Theba'' is the type genus of the tribe Thebini. The genus occurs in the Mediterranean Basin, in the
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, and in
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.


Species

Species within the genus ''Theba'' include: * ''
Theba andalusica ''Theba'' is a Taxonomy (biology), 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: Worl ...
'' Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987''Species in genus Theba''
(n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 3 May 2009.
"''Theba'' Risso 1826"
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 Infr ...
, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 11 May 2011.
* ''
Theba arinagae ''Theba arinagae'' is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it is known only from the top of a volcano. Its entire range is about 4 square kilometers and it is considered ...
'' Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987 * † ''
Theba cartaxensis ''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 Marine ...
'' (Roman, 1907) * '' Theba chudeaui'' (Germain, 1908) * ''
Theba clausoinflata ''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 Marine ...
'' (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 Marine ...
'' 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 Marine ...
'' (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 Marine ...
'' (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 Marine ...
'' (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 Marine ...
'' Kittel, 2012 * ''
Theba macandrewiana ''Theba macandrewiana'' is a species of land snail of the family Helicidae, endemic to the Savage Islands of Portugal. Its shell is around in length. Distribution and habitat It is present in the three islands (Selvagem Grande, Selvagem Pequena ...
'' (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 Marine ...
'' (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 Marine ...
'' 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 pulm ...
'' (Müller, 1774)
type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
* † ''
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 Marine ...
'' (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 Marine ...
'' (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 Marine ...
'' (Sacchi, 1955)
NCBI, accessed 11 May 2011.
* ''
Theba subdentata ''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 Marine ...
'' (Férussac, 1821) * ''
Theba tantanensis ''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 Marine ...
'' Hutterer, Greve & Haase, 2010 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Theba albocincta'' P. Hesse, 1912: synonym of ''
Monacha albocincta ''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. Mona ...
'' (Hesse, 1912) (original combination) * ''Theba cemenelea'' 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. Mon ...
'' (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. Mon ...
(Pallary, 1929) (original combination) * ''Theba dofleini'' P. Hesse, 1928: synonym of ''
Monacha dofleini ''Monacha'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochulininae Lindholm, 1927 of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2021 ...
'' (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 ''Monacha'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochulininae Lindholm, 1927 of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2021 ...
'' (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. Mon ...
'' (Risso, 1826) (junior synonym) * ''Theba samsunensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1868): synonym of '' Monacha samsunensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) (unaccepted combination)


References


Further reading

* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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


External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1632004 Helicidae Gastropod genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Antoine Risso