Hong Kong Register of Marine Species

AfReMaS taxon details

Pythina Hinds, 1845

AphiaID

225442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225442)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Galeommatidae Gray, 1840

Original name

Pythina Hinds, 1845

Direct children (2)

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Species Pythina mactroides Hanley, 1857 accepted as Melliteryx mactroides (Hanley, 1857)
Species Pythina paula A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Curvemysella paula (A. Adams, 1856) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Hinds, R. B. (1844-1845). Mollusca. In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. "Sulphur", under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42. Smith, Elder and Co., London, v + 72 pp., 21 pls. [Pp. 1-24, pls. 1-7, July 1844; pp. 25-48, pl. 8-14, October 1844; p. i-v, 49-72, pl. 15-21, January 1845]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114183
page(s): 70-71 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pythina Hinds, 1845. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225442 on 2025-05-31

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Pythina Hinds, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225442 on 2025-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-22 07:45:12Z

created

Nsiangango, Silvi Edith

2010-07-10 09:41:30Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2013-03-30 15:37:11Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2024-03-01 22:18:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Hinds, R. B. (1844-1845). Mollusca. In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. "Sulphur", under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42. Smith, Elder and Co., London, v + 72 pp., 21 pls. [Pp. 1-24, pls. 1-7, July 1844; pp. 25-48, pl. 8-14, October 1844; p. i-v, 49-72, pl. 15-21, January 1845]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114183
page(s): 70-71 [details]

subsequent type designation Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 204 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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