Pupa (gastropod)

Pupa
Apertural view of a shell of Pupa tessellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Pupa
Bolten, 1798
Type species
Pupa grisebla Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Dactylus Schumacher, 1817
  • Solidula Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Strigopupa Habe, 1958

Pupa is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae. [1]

The genus is named Pupa because the shell of these snails resemble an insect pupa in overall shape. The animal has a large headshield with a deep median slit, separating it into two posteriorly projecting lobes.

Species

A shell of Pupa affinis

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included within the genus Pupa:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

The database Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) also includes the following names in current use : [3]


Pupa fumata

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Pupa Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204293 on 2012-06-04
  2. WoRMS : Pupa; accessed : 12 October 2010
  3. OBIS : Pupa

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