Callipara africana
Appearance
Callipara africana | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Callipara |
Species: | C. africana
|
Binomial name | |
Callipara africana (Reeve, 1856)
| |
Synonyms[1] | |
|
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
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.