{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Cathaica fasciola (cropped).jpg |image_caption = Shell of ''Cathaica fasciola'' |taxon = Cathaica |authority = (Beck, 1837) |display_parents = 2 |type_species = ''Helix pyrrhozona'' <small>Philippi, 1845</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Campylocathaica'' <small>Andreae, 1900</small> * ''Cathaica (Campylocathaica)'' <small>Andreae, 1900</small> (junior synonym) * ''Cathaica (Cathaica)'' <small>Möllendorff, 1884</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cathaica (Eucathaica)'' <small>Andreae, 1900</small> * ''Cathaica (Pliocathaica)'' <small>Andreae, 1900</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cathaica (Xerocathaica)'' <small>Andreae, 1900</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Eucathaica'' <small>Andreae, 1900</small> (junior synonym) * ''Eulota (Cathaica)'' <small>Möllendorff, 1884</small> * ''Helix (Cathaica)'' <small>Möllendorff, 1884</small> (original rank) }}

'''''Cathaica''''' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, or terrestrial molluscs in the subfamily Bradybaeninae of the family Camaenidae.<ref name="Zhang 2023">{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang|first1=Guoyi|last2=Wade|first2=C.M.|date=2023-09-01|title=Molecular phylogeny and morphological evolution of the Chinese land snail ''Cathaica'' Möllendorff, 1884 (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae) in Shandong Province, China|journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=140 |issue=4 |pages=556–577 |doi=10.1093/biolinnean/blad067|doi-access=free|url=https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/preview/24800521/20230331_main%20c.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Zhang 2020">{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang|first1=Guoyi|last2=Ge|first2=Lin|first3=Hao|last3=Shulian|first4=Liu|last4=Tengteng|date=2020|title=Current Status and Illustrations of the Type Specimens of the Species Described by Teng-Chien Yen in 1935 belonging to ''Cathaica'' Möllendorff, 1884 and ''Pseudiberus'' Ancey, 1887 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae)|journal=Archiv für Molluskenkunde|volume=149 |pages=55–65 |doi=10.1127/arch.moll/149/2020/55}}</ref><ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cathaica Möllendorff, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995808 on 2021-02-11</ref> ''Cathaica pyrrhozona'' is the type species of this genus.<ref name="Zhang 2023" />

==Species== * ''Cathaica bizonalis'' <small>D. Chen & G. Zhang, 2004</small> * ''Cathaica cardiostima'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica cavimargo'' <small>(Martens, 1879)</small> * ''Cathaica chumbanensis'' <small>D. Chen & G. Zhang, 2004</small> * ''Cathaica connectens'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica constantiae'' <small>(H. Adams, 1870)</small> * ''Cathaica corrugata'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica cucunorica'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica cunlunensis'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica dichrozona'' <small>(E. von Martens, 1885)</small> * ''Cathaica fasciola'' <small>(Draparnaud, 1801)</small> * ''Cathaica fohuiensis'' <small>Zhang, 2023</small><ref name="Zhang 2023" /> * ''Cathaica gansuica'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica holdereri'' <small>Andreae, 1904</small> * ''Cathaica hookeri'' <small>(Godwin-Austen, 1914)</small> * ''Cathaica iacosta'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica janulus'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * † ''Cathaica kreitneri'' <small>(Hilber, 1883)</small> * ''Cathaica leei'' <small>Yen, 1935</small> * ''Cathaica licenti'' <small>Yen, 1935</small> * ''Cathaica mataianensis'' <small>(G. Nevill, 1878)</small> * ''Cathaica mengi'' <small>Yen, 1935</small> * ''Cathaica micangshanensis'' <small>D. Chen & G. Zhang, 2004</small> * ''Cathaica mongolica'' <small>(Möllendorff, 1881)</small> * ''Cathaica multicostata'' <small>Zhang, 2023</small><ref name="Zhang 2023" /> * ''Cathaica nanschanensis'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica nodulifera'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica obrutschewi'' <small>Sturany, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica ochthephiloides'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica ohlmeri'' <small>Andreae, 1904</small> * ''Cathaica orestias'' <small>(Preston, 1912)</small> * ''Cathaica orithyia'' <small>(Martens, 1879)</small> * ''Cathaica orithyiformis'' <small>Yen, 1935</small> * ''Cathaica ottoi'' <small>Pilsbry, 1934</small> * ''Cathaica pekinensis'' <small>(Deshayes, 1874)</small> * ''Cathaica perversa'' <small>Sturany, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica phaeozona'' <small>(Martens, 1874)</small> * ''Cathaica polystigma'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica przewalskii'' <small>(Martens, 1882)</small> * ''Cathaica pulveratricula'' <small>(Martens, 1882)</small> * ''Cathaica pulveratrix'' <small>(Martens, 1882)</small> * ''Cathaica pyrrhozona'' <small>(R. A. Philippi, 1845)</small> * ''Cathaica radiata'' <small>Pilsbry, 1934</small> * ''Cathaica richthofeni'' <small>(Martens, 1873)</small> * ''Cathaica robertsi'' <small>Yen, 1935</small> * ''Cathaica rossimontana'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica rugulosus'' <small>D. Chen & G. Zhang, 2004</small> * ''Cathaica secusana'' <small>(Gredler, 1892)</small> * ''Cathaica shikouensis'' <small>Yen, 1935</small> * ''Cathaica siningfuensis'' <small>(Hilber, 1882)</small> * ''Cathaica subrugosa'' <small>(Deshayes, 1874)</small> * ''Cathaica teilhardi'' <small>Yen, 1935</small> * ''Cathaica transitans'' <small>Möllendorff, 1899</small> * ''Cathaica wangguanensis'' <small>D. Chen & G. Zhang, 2004</small>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * Andreae, A. (1900). Landschnecken aus Central- und Ostasien. Mittheilungen aus dem Roemer-Museum, Hildesheim. 12: 1–12. * Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017 * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16289265 Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1884). Materialien zur Fauna von China. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 11: 162-181; 307-390]

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Category:Camaenidae Category:Taxa named by Henrik Henriksen Beck