Callipara
Callipara festiva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
List
  • Callipara (Callipara) Gray, 1847
  • Callipara (Canalilyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001
  • Callipara (Festilyria) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
  • Callipara (Simililyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001
  • Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
  • Lyria (Festilyria) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
  • Simililyria Bail & Poppe, 2001
  • Similyria [lapsis]
  • Voluta (Callipara) Gray, 1847

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

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Callipara:[2]


Description

Some of the species of the genus Callipara 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]

The thin shell is oblong-ovate. The spire is short and obtuse, with the apex papillary. The body whorl is large and ventricose. The columella shows two distinct folds in front. The outer lip extends up towards the spire posteriorly. [3]

Distribution

The snails of this genus are found in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Callipara Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Callipara Gray, 1847". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  3. ↑ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  • 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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