MolluscaBase - Theba pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774)

MolluscaBase taxon details

Theba pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774)

AphiaID

426411 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:426411)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Theba Risso, 1826

Original name

Helix pisana O. F. Müller, 1774

Synonymised names

Cernuella (Cernuella) metabola (Westerlund, 1889) · unaccepted

Cernuella metabola (Westerlund, 1889) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Euparypha pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Helix (Euparypha) pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (superseded generic combination)

Helix (Xerophila) metabola Westerlund, 1889 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Helix albella Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Helix catocyphia Bourguignat, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Helix petholata Olivi, 1792 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Helix pisana O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Helix pisana var. alba Mabille, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Helix pisana var. bidassoensis Mabille, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Helix pisana var. flavocincta Mabille, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Helix rhodostoma Draparnaud, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Janthina alba Anton, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Theba lucostoma Risso, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (6)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Subspecies Theba pisana almogravensis D. T. Holyoak & G. A. Holyoak, 2016
Subspecies Theba pisana ampullacea (Pallary, 1915)
Subspecies Theba pisana arietina (Rossmässler, 1846)
Subspecies Theba pisana cantinensis (Sacchi, 1955)
Subspecies Theba pisana pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Subspecies Theba pisana guardiae Jaeckel, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Helix pisana O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 60 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Theba pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426411 on 2026-01-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-26 13:20:46Z

created

Decock, Wim

2010-03-24 13:21:54Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2011-12-24 03:05:04Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2018-07-27 11:20:44Z

changed

Herbert, David

2019-08-13 10:24:49Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

[clear cache]

original description (of Janthina alba Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, The Veliger 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 50 [details]

original description (of Helix pisana O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 60 [details]

original description (of Helix albella 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 768 [details] Available for editors

[request]

original description (of Helix (Xerophila) metabola Westerlund, 1889) Westerlund, C. A. (1889). Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. II. Gen. Helix. Berlin: R. Friedländer. pp. 473 + 31 (Register)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893365
page(s): 236 [details]

original description (of Helix rhodostoma Draparnaud, 1801) Draparnaud, J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28587765
page(s): 74 [details]

original description (of Helix petholata Olivi, 1792) Olivi, G. (1792). Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Bassano [G. Remondini e fl.]. [ix] + 334 + xxxii pp., 9 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123881
page(s): 178 [details]

original description (of Theba lucostoma Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192
page(s): 76-77 [details]

original description (of Helix pisana var. bidassoensis Mabille, 1865) Mabille, J. (1865-1866). Études sur la faune malacologique de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, de Dinan et de quelques autres points du littoral océanien de la France. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13(3): 248-265, pl. 14 fig. 9 (28 June 1865); 14(1): 12-33 (31 January 1866). [Separatum: pp. 1-18 (1865); pp. 1-22 (1866)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133859
page(s): 258 [details]

original description (of Helix pisana var. flavocincta Mabille, 1865) Mabille, J. (1865-1866). Études sur la faune malacologique de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, de Dinan et de quelques autres points du littoral océanien de la France. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13(3): 248-265, pl. 14 fig. 9 (28 June 1865); 14(1): 12-33 (31 January 1866). [Separatum: pp. 1-18 (1865); pp. 1-22 (1866)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133859
page(s): 258 [details]

original description (of Helix pisana var. alba Mabille, 1866) Mabille, J. (1865-1866). Études sur la faune malacologique de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, de Dinan et de quelques autres points du littoral océanien de la France. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13(3): 248-265, pl. 14 fig. 9 (28 June 1865); 14(1): 12-33 (31 January 1866). [Separatum: pp. 1-18 (1865); pp. 1-22 (1866)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133859
page(s): 22 [details]

original description (of Helix catocyphia Bourguignat, 1860) Bourguignat, J. R. (1860). Malacologie terrestre de l'île du chateau d'If près de Marseille. J. B. Baillière, Paris, 38 pp., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k99041k/f24.item
page(s): 13 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]

context source (Bermuda) Bieler, R. & Slapcinsky, J. (2000). A case study for the development of an island fauna: Recent terrestrial mollusks of Bermuda. Nemouria. 44: 1-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45974319 [details]

basis of record Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
page(s): 54 [details]

additional source Kerney, M. P., Cameron, R. A. D. & Jungbluth, J.-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde. Verlag Paul Parey. 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey).
page(s): 280 [details] Available for editors

[request]

additional source Sparacio, I., Surdo, S., Viviano, R., Liberto, F. & Reitano, A. (2021). Land molluscs from the Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (north-western Sicily, Italy) (Gastropoda Architaenioglossa Pulmonata). Biodiversity Journal. 12 (3): 589–624., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.3.589.624
page(s): 602 [details] Available for editors

[request]

additional source Cain, A. J. (1984). Genetics of some morphs in the land snail Theba pisana. Malacologia. 25(2): 381-411., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13145504 [details]

additional source Cowie, R. H. (1984). The life cycle and productivity of the land snail Theba pisana (Mollusca: Helicidae). The Journal of Animal Ecology. 53: 311-325. [details]

additional source Cowie, R. H. (1984). Ecogenetics of Theba pisana (Pulmonata: Helicidae) at the northern edge of its range. Malacologia. 25(2): 361-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13145484 [details]