Solatopupa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Granariinae of the family Chondrinidae.n MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Solatopupa Pilsbry, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996051 on 2022-06-18
Distribution The distribution the genus Solatopupa is peri-Tyrrhenian,Ketmaier V., GiustiF. & Caccone A. (2006). "Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the land snail genus Solatopupa (Pulmonata) in the peri-Tyrrhenian area". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2): 439-451. . 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)
References
Gittenberger, E. (1973). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Pupillacea. III. Chondrininae. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 127: 1–267, pl. 1–7. Leiden Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.