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Pythia cecillei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Ellobiidae

Scientific name
  
Pythia cecillei

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Ellobioidea

Subfamily
  
Pythiinae

Rank
  
Species

Pythia cecillei

Similar
  
Pythia, Cassidula plecotrematoides, Auriculastra duplicata, Melampus sincaporensis, Pythia scarabaeus

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

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.

References

Pythia cecillei Wikipedia