Callipara africana

Callipara africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Subspecies
  • Callipara africana africana (Reeve, 1856)
  • Callipara africana pumila Bail & Aiken, 2017

Callipara africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Volutinae
Genus:
Callipara
Species:
C. africana
Binomial name
Callipara africana
(Reeve, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
  • Callipara (Callipara) africana (Reeve, 1856)
  • Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)
  • Lyria africana (Reeve, 1856)
  • Voluta africana Reeve, 1856 (original description)
  • Voluta africana f. beckeri Turton, 1932
  • Voluta africana f. ponderosa Turton, 1932
  • Voluta africana f. rietensis Turton, 1932

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2017). Callipara africana. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998258 on 18 October 2017
  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS)
  • Aiken R.P. (2010) Volutidae. pp. 314–333, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.


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