Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Helix scarabaeus | Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. L. Salvii, Holmiae [= Stockholm]. 768. |
Type Specimen(s): | Type material presumed lost (Smith, 1992: 219). |
Type Locality: | In Asiae montibus [= Asia]. |
Remarks: | Widespread in the Pacific, possibly at least in part artificially (Harry, 1966: 215; Martins, 1995c: 66). Recorded from Tutuila, Ofu, and Ta'u by Miller (1993: 11, 12). Tentatively recorded from Savai'i, 'Upolu, Nu'utele, and Nu'ulua (A.C. Robinson, in litt. 11 July 1994). |
Distribution: | Widespread in the Pacific, northern Australia, southern Asia. |