Pupa is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Pupa Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204293 on 2012-06-04
The genus is named Pupa because the shell of these snails resemble an insect pupa in overall shape. The animal has a large headshield with a deep median slit, separating it into two posteriorly projecting lobes.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included within the genus Pupa:WoRMS : Pupa; accessed : 12 October 2010 Pupa affinis (Adams, 1854) Distribution : South Africa, Red Sea, Indo-Pacific Length : 11–20 mm Description : cream-colored shell with horizontal spiraled patterns (dark brown, light brown or greenish) without dark borders; sharp apex Pupa alveola (Souverbie, 1863) Distribution : Indo-Pacific Pupa coccinata Reeve, 1842 (considered by some to be a color form of Pupa strigosa) Distribution : Japan, tropical Indo-West Pacific Length : 25 mm Description : headshield flaps cover the opening of the mantle cavity; white-colored with many orange-red spots in spiraling bands Pupa davisi Kilburn, 1975 Distribution: South Africa Length : 12.5 mm Description : cream-colored shell with sharp apex. Pupa hyalina Verco, 1907 Pupa niecaensis Barnard, 1963 Pupa nitulida (Lamarck, 1816) Smooth pink pupa Pupa pascuana Raines, 2002 Pupa pudica (Adams, 1854) Distribution: Hawaii Length : 7 mm Description : pink-colored elongate shell, with spiral bands of lightbrown patterns. † Pupa reticulata (Martin, 1884) Pupa sekii Habe, 1958 Pupa sinica Lin, 1989 Pupa solidula Linnaeus, 1758 Solid pupa Pupa strigosa (Gould, 1859) Pupa sulcata (Gmelin, 1791) Furrowed pupa Distribution : cosmopolitan, tropical Indo-Pacific, Kermadec Islands, Japan Length : 10–25 mm Description : intertidal and up to depths of 30 m, burrowing in the sand; lightbrown shell with horizontal darker bands, where the darkest parts form a vertical band; sharp apex Pupa suturalis (Adams, 1854) Distribution : Indo-Pacific Pupa tessellata (Reeve, 1842) Pupa tragulata Iredale, 1936 Species brought into synonymy Pupa (Rictaxiella) Habe, 1958: synonym of Rictaxiella Habe, 1958 Pupa alba (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Abida bigerrensis (Moquin-Tandon, 1856) Pupa amodesta Mighels, 1845: synonym of Pronesopupa amodesta (Mighels, 1845) (original combination) Pupa bourguignati Deshayes, 1863 (original combination): synonym of Gonospira bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863) Pupa bryanti L. Pfeiffer, 1867: synonym of Cerion rubicundum (Menke, 1829) (junior synonym) Pupa choshiensis (Habe, 1958): synonym of Rictaxiella choshiensis Habe, 1958 Pupa cinerea Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Solatopupa similis (Bruguière, 1792) Pupa crassilabris G. B. Sowerby II, 1875: synonym of Cerion striatellum (Guerin-Méneville, 1829) Pupa daedalea Deshayes, 1851: synonym of Plagiodontes daedaleus (Deshayes, 1851) Pupa detrita L. Pfeiffer, 1854: synonym of Cerion incanum (Leidy, 1851) Pupa flammea (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Maxacteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789) Pupa fusus L. Pfeiffer, 1848: synonym of Gonospira palanga (Lesson, 1831) Pupa gibba R. T. Lowe, 1852: synonym of Leiostyla gibba (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (original combination) Pupa grisebla Röding, 1798: synonym of Pupa solidula (Linnaeus, 1758) Pupa incana Leidy, 1851: synonym of Cerion incanum (Leidy, 1851) Pupa incrassata G. B. Sowerby II, 1878: synonym of Cerion incrassatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1878) (original combination) Pupa intersecta Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Gonospira bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863) Pupa kirki (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855) Pupa nivea (Angas, 1871) synonym of Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855) Pupa novoseelandica L. Pfeiffer, 1853: synonym of Phenacharopa novoseelandica (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pupa palanga Lesson, 1831: synonym of Gonospira palanga (Lesson, 1831) Pupa pusilla Des Moulins, 1835: synonym of Chondrina bigorriensis (Des Moulins, 1835) Pupa roseomaculata Iredale, 1936: synonym of Pupa solidula (Linnaeus, 1758) † Pupa starboroughensis L. C. King, 1934 : synonym of † Crenilabium starboroughense (L. C. King, 1934) Pupa thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Pupa affinis (Adams, 1854) Pupa turrita Anton, 1839: synonym of Clessinia striata (Spix, 1827) (junior synonym) Pupa umbilicata Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Lauria cylindracea (da Costa, 1778) Pupa uvula Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Gonospira uvula (Deshayes, 1863) (original combination) Pupa vermiculosa Morelet, 1860: synonym of Leiostyla vermiculosa (Morelet, 1860) (original combination) Pupa versipolis L. Pfeiffer, 1841: synonym of Gonospira versipolis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) Taxa inquirenda (use in recent literature currently undocumented) Pupa dormeyeri G. B. Sowerby II, 1878 Pupa gracilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 Pupa maugeri G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 Pupa ringens G. B. Sowerby II, 1878 Pupa zebra G. B. Sowerby II, 1875
The database Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) also includes the following names in current use :OBIS : Pupa Pupa acuta Pupa fraterculus Pupa insculpta
Pupa clathrata Yokoyama, 1922 Distribution : Japan
Pupa fumata Gould, 1859 Brown Pupa Distribution : tropical, Western Australia, Indo-Pacific Length : 20 mm Description : shell with spiral ribs; patterns of brown or gray spots on a cream-colored background; whorls separated by a white narrow band.
References
Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
External links Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Photo Nomenclator Zoologicus info