Pupa (gastropod)

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Pupa
Pupa tessellata 002.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Pupa tessellata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subterclass:
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Pupa
Bolten, 1798 [1]
Type species
Pupa grisebla
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinulus Adams & Adams, 1854
  • Dactylus Schumacher, 1817
  • Pupa (Pupa) Röding, 1798· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pupa (Strigopupa) Habe, 1958
  • Solidula Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Strigopupa Habe, 1958

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[]

A shell of Pupa affinis

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
  • (Souverbie, 1863)
    • Distribution : Indo-Pacific
  • 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
  • Kilburn, 1975
    • Distribution: South Africa
    • Length : 12.5 mm
    • Description : cream-colored shell with sharp apex.
  • Verco, 1907
  • Barnard, 1963
  • Pupa nitulida (Lamarck, 1816) Smooth pink pupa
  • Raines, 2002
  • (Adams, 1854)
    • Distribution: Hawaii
    • Length : 7 mm
    • Description : pink-colored elongate shell, with spiral bands of lightbrown patterns.
  • (Martin, 1884)
  • Habe, 1958
  • Lin, 1989
  • Pupa solidula Linnaeus, 1758 Solid pupa
  • (Gould, 1859)
  • (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
  • (Adams, 1854)
    • Distribution : Indo-Pacific
  • Pupa tessellata (Reeve, 1842)
  • Iredale, 1936
Species brought into synonymy
  • Pupa (Rictaxiella) Habe, 1958: synonym of Habe, 1958
  • Pupa alba (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Abida bigerrensis (Moquin-Tandon, 1856)
  • Pupa amodesta Mighels, 1845: synonym of (Mighels, 1845) (original combination)
  • Pupa bourguignati Deshayes, 1863 (original combination): synonym of Gonospira bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Pupa bryanti L. Pfeiffer, 1867: synonym of (Menke, 1829) (junior synonym)
  • Pupa choshiensis (Habe, 1958): synonym of Habe, 1958
  • Pupa cinerea Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Solatopupa similis (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Pupa crassilabris G. B. Sowerby II, 1875: synonym of (Guerin-Méneville, 1829)
  • Pupa daedalea Deshayes, 1851: synonym of (Deshayes, 1851)
  • Pupa detrita L. Pfeiffer, 1854: synonym of (Leidy, 1851)
  • Pupa flammea (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Maxacteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Pupa fusus L. Pfeiffer, 1848: synonym of (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 (Leidy, 1851)
  • Pupa incrassata G. B. Sowerby II, 1878: synonym of (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 (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
  • Pupa palanga Lesson, 1831: synonym of (Lesson, 1831)
  • Pupa pusilla Des Moulins, 1835: synonym of (Des Moulins, 1835)
  • Pupa roseomaculata Iredale, 1936: synonym of Pupa solidula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pupa starboroughensis L. C. King, 1934 : synonym of † (L. C. King, 1934)
  • Pupa thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Pupa affinis (Adams, 1854)
  • Pupa turrita Anton, 1839: synonym of (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 (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
Taxa inquirenda (use in recent liteature 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]


  • 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. ^ a b 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
  2. ^ WoRMS : Pupa; accessed : 12 October 2010
  3. ^ 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
  • Photo
  • Nomenclator Zoologicus info
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