Thapsia

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Urocyclidae – certain air-breathing land snails.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Stylommatophora - order; Helicina - suborder; Limacoidei - infraorder; Helicarionoidea - superfamily; Urocyclidae - family; Sheldoniinae - subfamily

• (genus): Thapsia troglodytes - type species

•   Thapsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Sheldoniinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Thapsia (Gastropoda) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Thapsia at World Register of Marine Species

From Latin thapsia, from Ancient Greek θαψία (thapsía, “a plant that dyed yellow, probably Thapsia garganica”), brought from Θάψος (Thápsos), an island in front of Sicily.

Thapsia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – deadly carrots.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Apiaceae - family; Apioideae - subfamily; Scandiceae - tribe; Daucinae - subtribe

• (genus): Thapsia villosa - type species

•   Thapsia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Thapsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Thapsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Thapsia at Plants of the World Online
• Thapsia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Thapsia at Tropicos