Callipara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Callipara:[2]
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Callipara africana (Reeve, 1856)
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Callipara aikeni Veldsman, 2012
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Callipara aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999)
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Callipara bullatiana (Weaver & du Pont, 1967)
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Callipara casaana Childs, R. Aiken & Bail, 2020
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Callipara duponti (Weaver, 1968)
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Callipara festiva (Lamarck, 1811)
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Callipara kurodai (Kawamura, 1964)
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Callipara ponsonbyi (Smith, 1901)
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Callipara queketti (Smith, 1901)
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Callipara veldsmani Veldsman, 2012
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Callipara victoriae Childs, R. Aiken & Bail, 2020
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Callipara zululandensis Veldsman, 2012
Description
Some of the species of the genus Callipara have a radula with vestigial lateral teeth. Teleoconch whorls are shouldered and nodulose, with the three early whorls axially ribbed. They often have with a black blotch near the siphonal canal and the upper part of the aperture. All species have a shoulder, except in Callipara bullatiana where the well-defined shoulder changes at a slight angle.[1]
Distribution
The snails of this genus are found in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.
References
- 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)
