Biology:Pupa (gastropod)
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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| Apertural view of a shell of Pupa tessellata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Subterclass: | Acteonimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Pupa Bolten, 1798 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Pupa grisebla Röding, 1798
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Pupa is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae.[1]
The genus is named Pupa because the shell of these snails resemble an insect pupa in overall shape. The animal has a large headshield with a deep median slit, separating it into two posteriorly projecting lobes.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included within the genus Pupa:[2]
- Pupa affinis (Adams, 1854)
- Distribution : South Africa, Red Sea, Indo-Pacific
- Length : 11–20 mm
- Description : cream-colored shell with horizontal spiraled patterns (dark brown, light brown or greenish) without dark borders; sharp apex
- Pupa alveola (Souverbie, 1863)
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Pupa coccinata Reeve, 1842 (considered by some to be a color form of Pupa strigosa)
- Distribution : Japan, tropical Indo-West Pacific
- Length : 25 mm
- Description : headshield flaps cover the opening of the mantle cavity; white-colored with many orange-red spots in spiraling bands
- Pupa davisi Kilburn, 1975
- Distribution: South Africa
- Length : 12.5 mm
- Description : cream-colored shell with sharp apex.
- Pupa hyalina Verco, 1907
- Pupa niecaensis Barnard, 1963
- Pupa nitulida (Lamarck, 1816) Smooth pink pupa
- Pupa pascuana Raines, 2002
- Pupa pudica (Adams, 1854)
- Distribution: Hawaii
- Length : 7 mm
- Description : pink-colored elongate shell, with spiral bands of lightbrown patterns.
- † Pupa reticulata (Martin, 1884)
- Pupa sekii Habe, 1958
- Pupa sinica Lin, 1989
- Pupa solidula Linnaeus, 1758 Solid pupa
- Pupa strigosa (Gould, 1859)
- Pupa sulcata (Gmelin, 1791) Furrowed pupa
- Distribution : cosmopolitan, tropical Indo-Pacific, Kermadec Islands, Japan
- Length : 10–25 mm
- Description : intertidal and up to depths of 30 m, burrowing in the sand; lightbrown shell with horizontal darker bands, where the darkest parts form a vertical band; sharp apex
- Pupa suturalis (Adams, 1854)
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Pupa tessellata (Reeve, 1842)
- Pupa tragulata Iredale, 1936
- Species brought into synonymy
- Pupa (Rictaxiella) Habe, 1958: synonym of Rictaxiella Habe, 1958
- Pupa alba (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Abida bigerrensis (Moquin-Tandon, 1856)
- Pupa amodesta Mighels, 1845: synonym of Pronesopupa amodesta (Mighels, 1845) (original combination)
- Pupa bourguignati Deshayes, 1863 (original combination): synonym of Gonospira bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863)
- Pupa bryanti L. Pfeiffer, 1867: synonym of Cerion rubicundum (Menke, 1829) (junior synonym)
- Pupa choshiensis (Habe, 1958): synonym of Rictaxiella choshiensis Habe, 1958
- Pupa cinerea Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Solatopupa similis (Bruguière, 1792)
- Pupa crassilabris G. B. Sowerby II, 1875: synonym of Cerion striatellum (Guerin-Méneville, 1829)
- Pupa daedalea Deshayes, 1851: synonym of Plagiodontes daedaleus (Deshayes, 1851)
- Pupa detrita L. Pfeiffer, 1854: synonym of Cerion incanum (Leidy, 1851)
- Pupa flammea (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Maxacteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
- Pupa fusus L. Pfeiffer, 1848: synonym of Gonospira palanga (Lesson, 1831)
- Pupa gibba R. T. Lowe, 1852: synonym of Leiostyla gibba (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (original combination)
- Pupa grisebla Röding, 1798: synonym of Pupa solidula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pupa incana Leidy, 1851>: synonym of Cerion incanum (Leidy, 1851)
- Pupa incrassata G. B. Sowerby II, 1878: synonym of Cerion incrassatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1878) (original combination)
- Pupa intersecta Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Gonospira bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863)
- Pupa kirki (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855)
- Pupa nivea (Angas, 1871) synonym of Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855)
- Pupa novoseelandica L. Pfeiffer, 1853: synonym of Phenacharopa novoseelandica (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
- Pupa palanga Lesson, 1831: synonym of Gonospira palanga (Lesson, 1831)
- Pupa pusilla Des Moulins, 1835: synonym of Chondrina bigorriensis (Des Moulins, 1835)
- Pupa roseomaculata Iredale, 1936: synonym of Pupa solidula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Pupa starboroughensis L. C. King, 1934 : synonym of † Crenilabium starboroughense (L. C. King, 1934)
- Pupa thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Pupa affinis (Adams, 1854)
- Pupa turrita Anton, 1839: synonym of Clessinia striata (Spix, 1827) (junior synonym)
- Pupa umbilicata Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Lauria cylindracea (da Costa, 1778)
- Pupa uvula Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Gonospira uvula (Deshayes, 1863) (original combination)
- Pupa vermiculosa Morelet, 1860: synonym of Leiostyla vermiculosa (Morelet, 1860) (original combination)
- Pupa versipolis L. Pfeiffer, 1841: synonym of Gonospira versipolis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
- Taxa inquirenda (use in recent literature currently undocumented)
- Pupa dormeyeri G. B. Sowerby II, 1878
- Pupa gracilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
- Pupa maugeri G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
- Pupa ringens G. B. Sowerby II, 1878
- Pupa zebra G. B. Sowerby II, 1875
The database Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) also includes the following names in current use :[3]
- Pupa acuta
- Pupa fraterculus
- Pupa insculpta
- Pupa clathrata Yokoyama, 1922
- Distribution : Japan
- Pupa fumata Gould, 1859 Brown Pupa
- Distribution : tropical, Western Australia, Indo-Pacific
- Length : 20 mm
- Description : shell with spiral ribs; patterns of brown or gray spots on a cream-colored background; whorls separated by a white narrow band.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Pupa Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204293 on 2012-06-04
- ↑ WoRMS : Pupa; accessed : 12 October 2010
- ↑ OBIS : Pupa
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
External links
- Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp.
- Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
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- Nomenclator Zoologicus info
Wikidata ☰ Q3734751 entry
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