Callipara

Callipara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1]

Callipara
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]
  • Callipara (Callipara) Gray, 1847 accepted, alternate representation
  • Callipara (Canalilyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 accepted, alternate representation
  • Callipara (Simililyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 accepted, alternate representation
  • Callipara (Festilyria) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 accepted, alternate representation
  • Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
  • Voluta (Callipara)

Species

Species within the genus Callipara include:

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
  1. Callipara Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2012.
  2. Callipara aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Callipara bullatiana (Weaver & du Pont, 1967). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Callipara kurodai (Kawamura, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. 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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