Rank Genus | Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Volutinae | |
Similar Fulgoraria, Alcithoe, Cymbiola, Scaphella, Voluta | ||
Callipara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
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Species
Species within the genus Callipara include:
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.
Distribution
The snails of this genus are found in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.
References
Callipara Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA