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 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 Canary Islands, and in Morocco.Greve C., Hutterer R., Groh K., Haase M. & Misof B. (2010). "Evolutionary diversification of the genus Theba (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in space and time: A land snail conquering islands and continents". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(2): 572-584. .
Species Species within the genus Theba include: Theba andalusica Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987Species in genus Theba (n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 3 May 2009."Theba Risso 1826". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 11 May 2011. Theba arinagae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987 † Theba cartaxensis (Roman, 1907) Theba chudeaui (Germain, 1908). NCBI, accessed 11 May 2011. Theba clausoinflata (Mousson, 1857) † Theba costillae Hutterer, 1990 Theba geminata (Mousson, 1857) Theba grasseti (Mousson, 1872) Theba impugnata (Mousson, 1857) Theba lindneri Kittel, 2012 Theba macandrewiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) † Theba milneedwardsi (Filhol, 1877) Theba orzolae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1985 Theba pisana (Müller, 1774) – type species † Theba quintanellensis (Roman, 1907) Theba sacchii (Gitten & Ripken, 1987). NCBI, accessed 11 May 2011. Theba solimae (Sacchi, 1955). NCBI, accessed 11 May 2011. Theba subdentata (Férussac, 1821) Theba tantanensis Hutterer, Greve & Haase, 2010
Species brought into synonymy Theba albocincta P. Hesse, 1912: synonym of Monacha albocincta (Hesse, 1912) (original combination) Theba cemenelea Risso, 1826: synonym of Monacha cemenelea (Risso, 1826) (original combination) Theba compingtae Pallary, 1929: synonym of Monacha compingtae (Pallary, 1929) (original combination) Theba dofleini P. Hesse, 1928: synonym of Monacha dofleini (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 (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 (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
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