Pupa (gastropod)

Pupa
Apertural view of a shell of Pupa tessellata
Scientific classification
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[]

• 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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