Solatopupa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Granariinae of the family Chondrinidae.[2]

Solatopupa
A live but retracted individual of Solatopupa juliana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Chondrina (Solatopupa) Pilsbry, 1917

Distribution

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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

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There are six species in the genus Solatopupa:

References

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  1. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1916-1918). Manual of Conchology. Second Series: Pulmonata, 24. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae). pp. i-xii [= 1-12], 1-380, Plates 1-49. Philadelphia. page 234.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.008.
  • 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.