Thesbia

Thesbia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Thesbia
Thesbia nana shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Thesbia Jeffreys, 1867
Type species
Tritonium nanum Lovén, 1846
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Daphnella (Thesbia) Pleurotoma (Thesbia) Jeffreys, 1867

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.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Thesbia include:

• Thesbia dyscrita (Watson, 1881)
• Thesbia michaelseni (Strebel, 1905)
• Thesbia nana (Lovén, 1846)^[3]
• Thesbia unica Sysoev, 1988^[4]

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)