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Callipara Gray, 1847
AphiaID: 382266

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Volutinae (Subfamily) > Lyriini (Tribe)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Voluta bullata Swainson, 1829 (type by original designation)

Parent

Lyriini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954

Synonymised
taxa

Callipara (Callipara) Gray, 1847
Callipara (Canalilyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001
Callipara (Simililyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001
Voluta (Callipara)

Sources

basis of record: Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]

Species Callipara aikeni Veldsman, 2012
Species Callipara aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999)
Species Callipara bullatiana Weaver & duPont, 1967
Species Callipara kurodai (Kawamura, 1964)
Species Callipara queketti (E. A. Smith, 1901)
Species Callipara veldsmani Veldsman, 2012
Species Callipara zululandensis Veldsman, 2012

Subgenus Callipara (Callipara) Gray, 1847 represented as Callipara Gray, 1847 (alternate representation)

» Species Callipara (Callipara) bullatiana Weaver & duPont, 1967 represented as Callipara bullatiana Weaver & duPont, 1967 (alternate representation)
» Species Callipara (Callipara) africana (Reeve, 1856) accepted as Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)

Subgenus Callipara (Canalilyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 represented as Callipara Gray, 1847 (alternate representation)

» Species Callipara (Canalilyria) aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999) represented as Callipara aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999) (alternate representation)
» Species Callipara (Canalilyria) kurodai (Kawamura, 1964) represented as Callipara kurodai (Kawamura, 1964) (alternate representation)

Subgenus Callipara (Simililyria) Bail & Poppe, 2001 represented as Callipara Gray, 1847 (alternate representation)

» Species Callipara (Simililyria) aikeni Veldsman, 2012 represented as Callipara aikeni Veldsman, 2012 (alternate representation)
» Species Callipara (Simililyria) queketti (E. A. Smith, 1901) represented as Callipara queketti (E. A. Smith, 1901) (alternate representation)
» Species Callipara (Simililyria) veldsmani Veldsman, 2012 represented as Callipara veldsmani Veldsman, 2012 (alternate representation)
» Species Callipara (Simililyria) zululandensis Veldsman, 2012 represented as Callipara zululandensis Veldsman, 2012 (alternate representation)

Subgenus Callipara (Festilyria) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 accepted as Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954

» Species Callipara (Festilyria) duponti (Weaver, 1968) accepted as Festilyria duponti Weaver, 1968
» Species Callipara (Festilyria) festiva (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Festilyria festiva (Lamarck, 1811)
» Species Callipara (Festilyria) ponsonbyi (E. A. Smith, 1901) accepted as Festilyria ponsonbyi (E. A. Smith, 1801)

Environment

marine

Notes

Diagnosis: Some have a radula with vestigial lateral teeth. Teleoconch whorls shouldered and nodulose, with the three early whorls axially ribbed. Often with a black blotch near the siphonal canal and the upper part of the aperture. All species with a shoulder, except in C. bullatiana where the well-defined shoulder changes at a slight angle. [details]

Distribution: Restricted to eastern African waters. [details]

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382266

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2009-02-04 08:47:21Z	created	Bail, Patrice
2011-10-12 18:17:59Z	changed	Bouchet, Philippe

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Citation: Bouchet, P.; Bail, P. (2013). Callipara Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382266 on 2013-05-25

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