Thesbia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Raphitomidae.
This genus was named after Thesbia, one of the Sea-nymphs of Hesiod.
Description the original description of this genus notes that it features thin and smooth outer lip while the apex of the spire is irregularly coiled. Jeffreys, 1867: British Conchology: or, an Account of the Mollusca Which Now Inhabit the British Isles and the Surrounding Seas
Species Species within the genus Thesbia include: Thesbia dyscrita (Watson, 1881) Thesbia michaelseni (Strebel, 1905) Thesbia nana (Lovén, 1846) Thesbia unica Sysoev, 1988 Species brought into synonymy Thesbia albus Mac Andrew & Forbes, 1847: synonym of Thesbia nana (Lovén, 1846) Thesbia algoensis Thiele, 1925: synonym of Glyptanachis algoensis (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Decipifus algoensis (Thiele, 1925) † Thesbia antiselli (Anderson & Martin, 1914): synonym of † Xenuroturris antiselli (F. Anderson & B. Martin, 1914) Thesbia filostriata Strebel, 1905: synonym of Typhlodaphne filostriata (Strebel, 1905) Thesbia folini Locard, 1897: synonym of Xanthodaphne leptalea (Bush, 1893) Thesbia innocens E. A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Falsimohnia innocens (E. A. Smith, 1907) Thesbia nanum Lovén, 1846: synonym of Thesbia nana (Lovén, 1846) Thesbia nudator Locard, 1897: synonym of Bathybela nudator (Locard, 1897) Thesbia ohlini Strebel, 1905: synonym of Pleurotomella ohlini (Strebel, 1905)
References
Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010). Nomenclator of Molluscan Supraspecific Names
External links Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae