Callipara
Callipara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1]
| Callipara | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Volutinae |
| Genus: | Callipara Gray, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Voluta bullata Swainson, 1829 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
Species within the genus Callipara include:
- Callipara africana (Reeve, 1856)
- Callipara aikeni Veldsman, 2012
- Callipara aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999)[2]
- Callipara bullatiana (Weaver & du Pont, 1967)[3]
- Callipara duponti (Weaver, 1968)
- Callipara festiva (Lamarck, 1811)
- Callipara kurodai (Kawamura, 1964)[4]
- Callipara ponsonbyi (Smith, 1901)
- Callipara queketti (Smith, 1901)[5]
- Callipara veldsmani Veldsman, 2012
- Callipara zululandensis Veldsman, 2012
- Species brought into synonymy
- Subgenus Callipara (Festilyria) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 accepted as Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Description
Some have a radula with vestigial lateral teeth. Teleoconch whorls are shouldered and nodulose, with the three early whorls axially ribbed. They often have with a black blotch near the siphonal canal and the upper part of the aperture. All species have a shoulder, except in Callipara bullatiana where the well-defined shoulder changes at a slight angle.[1]
Distribution
The snails of this genus are found in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.
References
- Callipara Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2012.
- Callipara aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Callipara bullatiana (Weaver & du Pont, 1967). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Callipara kurodai (Kawamura, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Callipara queketti (Smith, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS)
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