Pupa (gastropod)


Pupa is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae.
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, the following species are included within the genus Pupa:Pupa affinis
  • * Distribution : South Africa, Red Sea, Indo-Pacific
  • * Length : 11–20 mm
  • * Description : cream-colored shell with horizontal spiraled patterns without dark borders; sharp apexPupa alveola
  • * Distribution : Indo-PacificPupa coccinata Reeve, 1842
  • * 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 bandsPupa davisi Kilburn, 1975
  • * Distribution: South Africa
  • * Length : 12.5 mm
  • * Description : cream-colored shell with sharp apex.Pupa hyalina Verco, 1907Pupa niecaensis Barnard, 1963Pupa nitulida Smooth pink pupaPupa pascuana Raines, 2002Pupa pudica
  • * Distribution: Hawaii
  • * Length : 7 mm
  • * Description : pink-colored elongate shell, with spiral bands of lightbrown patterns.
  • † Pupa reticulata Pupa sekii Habe, 1958 Pupa sinica Lin, 1989Pupa solidula Linnaeus, 1758 Solid pupaPupa strigosa Pupa sulcata 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 apexPupa suturalis
  • * Distribution : Indo-PacificPupa tessellata Pupa tragulata Iredale, 1936
;Species brought into synonymy:Pupa Habe, 1958: synonym of Rictaxiella Habe, 1958Pupa alba : synonym of Abida bigerrensis Pupa amodesta Mighels, 1845: synonym of Pronesopupa amodesta Pupa bourguignati Deshayes, 1863 : synonym of Gonospira bourguignati Pupa bryanti L. Pfeiffer, 1867: synonym of Cerion rubicundum Pupa choshiensis : synonym of Rictaxiella choshiensis Habe, 1958Pupa cinerea Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Solatopupa similis Pupa crassilabris G. B. Sowerby II, 1875: synonym of Cerion striatellum Pupa daedalea Deshayes, 1851: synonym of Plagiodontes daedaleus Pupa detrita L. Pfeiffer, 1854: synonym of Cerion incanum Pupa flammea : synonym of Maxacteon flammeus Pupa fusus L. Pfeiffer, 1848: synonym of Gonospira palanga Pupa gibba R. T. Lowe, 1852: synonym of Leiostyla gibba Pupa grisebla Röding, 1798: synonym of Pupa solidula Pupa incana Leidy, 1851>: synonym of Cerion incanum Pupa incrassata G. B. Sowerby II, 1878: synonym of Cerion incrassatum Pupa intersecta Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Gonospira bourguignati Pupa kirki : synonym of Pupa affinis Pupa nivea synonym of Pupa affinis Pupa novoseelandica L. Pfeiffer, 1853: synonym of Phenacharopa novoseelandica Pupa palanga Lesson, 1831: synonym of Gonospira palanga Pupa pusilla Des Moulins, 1835: synonym of Chondrina bigorriensis Pupa roseomaculata Iredale, 1936: synonym of Pupa solidula
  • † Pupa starboroughensis L. C. King, 1934 : synonym of † Crenilabium starboroughense Pupa thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Pupa affinis Pupa turrita Anton, 1839: synonym of Clessinia striata Pupa umbilicata Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Lauria cylindracea Pupa uvula Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Gonospira uvula Pupa vermiculosa Morelet, 1860: synonym of Leiostyla vermiculosa Pupa versipolis L. Pfeiffer, 1841: synonym of Gonospira versipolis
;Taxa inquirenda :Pupa dormeyeri G. B. Sowerby II, 1878Pupa gracilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1834Pupa maugeri G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 Pupa ringens G. B. Sowerby II, 1878Pupa zebra G. B. Sowerby II, 1875
The database Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use :Pupa acutaPupa fraterculus
  • Pupa insculpta
----Pupa clathrata Yokoyama, 1922
  • * Distribution : JapanPupa 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.