MolluscaBase taxon details
Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
707659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:707659)
accepted
Species
Helix scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pythia (Pythia) scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Pythia argenvillei L. Pfeiffer, 1853 · unaccepted
Pythia dautzenbergi Dupuis, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pythia helicina Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Pythia scarabaeus var. tripartita E. von Martens, 1897 · unaccepted (suspected synonym)
Scarabus imbrium Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted
- Variety Pythia scarabaeus var. tripartita E. von Martens, 1897 accepted as Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) (suspected synonym)
terrestrial
(of Helix scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707659 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Pythia helicina Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Scarabus imbrium Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 307 [details]
original description (of Helix scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 768 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pythia argenvillei L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Neue Pythia-Arten. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 10(1): 189-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16301089
page(s): 191 [details]
original description (of Pythia scarabaeus var. tripartita E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Süss- und Brackwasser-Mollusken des Indischen Archipels. Zoologische Ergebnisse Einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien 4: 1-331, pls 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36298713
page(s): 136 [details]
original description (of Pythia dautzenbergi Dupuis, 1931) Dupuis, P. (1931). Description de Mollusques nouveaux recueillis au cours du voyage de S.A.R. le Prince Léopold de Belgique aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises (2e note). <em>Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique.</em> 7(12): 1-6., available online at https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum/07-1931/irscnb_p4087_rbins17566_7_bulletin-12-red.pdf
page(s): 1, textfig. [details]
basis of record Groh K. (2010). [in G. Poppe, ed.] <i>Philippine marine mollusks</i>, vol. 3: 446-457. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details]
basis of record Smith, B. J. (1992). Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston W.W.K. (ed.) <i>Zoological Catalogue of Australia</i>, volume 8. xii + 405 pp. [details]
additional source Raven H. & Vermeulen J.J. (2007). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2. A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 4: 29-62.
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wiktor, A. (2003). Terrestrial gastropods (Mollusca) of province Madang in Papua - New Guinea. Part III. Pulmonata: Rathousiidae, Ellobiidae, Succineidae, Agriolimacidae, Endodontidae (Partim), Ariophantidae, Euconulidae, Subulinidae, Streptaxidae. <em>Folia Malacologica.</em> 11(1-2): 1-21., available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/47db/93c83192831d5d4c6dea44ab68eb5f2aca6b.pdf
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Vorläufige Bemerkungen über Pythia scarabaeus L. und petiveriana Fér. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 10(8): 127-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16301027 [details]
additional source Rensch, I. (1937). Systematische und tiergeographische Untersuchungen über die Landschneckenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folgen.</em> 6: 526-644.
page(s): 594 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Scarabus imbrium Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 307 [details]
original description (of Helix scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 768 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pythia argenvillei L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Neue Pythia-Arten. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 10(1): 189-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16301089
page(s): 191 [details]
original description (of Pythia scarabaeus var. tripartita E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Süss- und Brackwasser-Mollusken des Indischen Archipels. Zoologische Ergebnisse Einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien 4: 1-331, pls 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36298713
page(s): 136 [details]
original description (of Pythia dautzenbergi Dupuis, 1931) Dupuis, P. (1931). Description de Mollusques nouveaux recueillis au cours du voyage de S.A.R. le Prince Léopold de Belgique aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises (2e note). <em>Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique.</em> 7(12): 1-6., available online at https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum/07-1931/irscnb_p4087_rbins17566_7_bulletin-12-red.pdf
page(s): 1, textfig. [details]
basis of record Groh K. (2010). [in G. Poppe, ed.] <i>Philippine marine mollusks</i>, vol. 3: 446-457. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details]
basis of record Smith, B. J. (1992). Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston W.W.K. (ed.) <i>Zoological Catalogue of Australia</i>, volume 8. xii + 405 pp. [details]
additional source Raven H. & Vermeulen J.J. (2007). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2. A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 4: 29-62.
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wiktor, A. (2003). Terrestrial gastropods (Mollusca) of province Madang in Papua - New Guinea. Part III. Pulmonata: Rathousiidae, Ellobiidae, Succineidae, Agriolimacidae, Endodontidae (Partim), Ariophantidae, Euconulidae, Subulinidae, Streptaxidae. <em>Folia Malacologica.</em> 11(1-2): 1-21., available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/47db/93c83192831d5d4c6dea44ab68eb5f2aca6b.pdf
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Vorläufige Bemerkungen über Pythia scarabaeus L. und petiveriana Fér. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 10(8): 127-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16301027 [details]
additional source Rensch, I. (1937). Systematische und tiergeographische Untersuchungen über die Landschneckenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folgen.</em> 6: 526-644.
page(s): 594 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pythia scarabaeus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To NHMUK collection (Pythia argenvillei Pfeiffer, 1853; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2385767) (from synonym Pythia argenvillei L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pythia scarabaeus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To NHMUK collection (Pythia argenvillei Pfeiffer, 1853; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2385767) (from synonym Pythia argenvillei L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
