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Genus of gastropods
Pupa is a
genus of small sea snails,
marine
gastropod
molluscs in the
family
Acteonidae .
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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
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 :
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Pupa fumata
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.
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