Solatopupa
| Solatopupa | |
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| A live but retracted individual of Solatopupa juliana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Chondrinidae |
| Genus: | Solatopupa Pilsbry, 1917[1] |
Solatopupa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.
Distribution
The distribution the genus Solatopupa is peri-Tyrrhenian,[2] i.e. around the Tyrrhenian Sea (the part of the Mediterranean Sea that is between Italy, Sicily and Sardinia.
Species
There are six species in the genus Solatopupa:
- Solatopupa cianensis (Caziot, 1910)
- Solatopupa guidoni (Caziot, 1904)
- Solatopupa juliana (Issel, 1866)
- Solatopupa pallida (Rossmässler, 1842)
- Solatopupa psarolena (Bourguignat, 1859)
- Solatopupa similis (Bruguière, 1792)
References
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1916-1918). Manual of Conchology. Second Series: Pulmonata, 24. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae). pp. i-xii [= 1-12], 1-380, Plates 1-49. Philadelphia. page 234.
- ↑ Ketmaier V., GiustiF. & Caccone A. (2006). "Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the land snail genus Solatopupa (Pulmonata) in the peri-Tyrrhenian area". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2): 439-451. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.008.
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