Theba
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Theba is a taxonomic genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae
, the true snails.
Theba is the type genus of the tribe Thebini.
The genus occur in Mediterranean Basin
, Canary Islands and Morocco.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, medium-sized pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae
Helicidae
The Helicidae, sometimes known as the typical snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large, air-breathing, land snails. In other words, they are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
, the true snails.
Theba is the type genus of the tribe Thebini.
The genus occur in Mediterranean Basin
Mediterranean Basin
In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation...
, Canary Islands and Morocco.
Species
Species within the genus Theba include:- Theba andalusica Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987
- Theba arinagaeTheba arinagaeTheba arinagae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae. It is endemic to Canary Islands ....
Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987 - Theba clausoinflata (Mousson, 1857)
- Theba chudeaui (Germain, 1908)
- Theba geminata (Mousson, 1857)
- Theba grasseti (Mousson, 1872)
- Theba impugnata (Mousson, 1857)
- Theba macandrewiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
- Theba pisanaTheba pisanaTheba pisana, common names the white garden snail, the sand hill snail, white Italian snail, the Mediterranean coastal snail, or simply the Mediterranean snail, is an edible species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae...
(Müller, 1774) - type speciesType speciesIn biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species... - Theba sacchii (Gitten & Ripken, 1987)
- Theba solimae (Sacchi, 1955)
- Theba subdentata (Férussac, 1821)