Solatopupa
Genus of gastropods
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Solatopupa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Granariinae of the family Chondrinidae.[2]
| Solatopupa | |
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| A live but retracted individual of Solatopupa juliana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Pupilloidei |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Chondrinidae |
| Genus: | Solatopupa Pilsbry, 1917[1] |
| Type species | |
| Bulimus similis Bruguière, 1792 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chondrina (Solatopupa) Pilsbry, 1917 | |
Distribution
The distribution the genus Solatopupa is peri-Tyrrhenian,[3] i.e. around the Tyrrhenian Sea (the part of the Mediterranean Sea that is between Italy, Sicily and Sardinia.
Species
There are six species in the genus Solatopupa:
- Solatopupa cianensis (Caziot, 1910)
- Solatopupa guidoni (Caziot, 1904)
- Solatopupa juliana (Issel, 1866)
- Solatopupa pallida (Rossmässler, 1842)
- Solatopupa psarolena (Bourguignat, 1859)
- Solatopupa similis (Bruguière, 1792)
