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Callipara

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Volutidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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:

  • Callipara aikeni Veldsman, 2012
  • Callipara aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999)
  • Callipara bullatiana (Weaver & du Pont, 1967)
  • Callipara kurodai (Kawamura, 1964)
  • Callipara queketti (Smith, 1901)
  • Callipara veldsmani Veldsman, 2012
  • Callipara zululandensis Veldsman, 2012
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Callipara africana (Reeve, 1856) accepted as Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)
  • Subgenus Callipara (Festilyria) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 accepted as Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
  • Callipara duponti (Weaver, 1968) accepted as Festilyria duponti Weaver, 1968
  • Callipara festiva (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Festilyria festiva (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Callipara ponsonbyi (Smith, 1901) accepted as Festilyria ponsonbyi (E.A. Smith, 1801)

    • 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
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