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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
	Callipara (Callipara) africana (Reeve, 1856); Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856); Lyria africana (Reeve, 1856); Voluta africana Reeve, 1856 (original description); Voluta africana f. beckeri Turton, 1932; Voluta africana f. ponderosa Turton, 1932; Voluta africana f. rietensis Turton, 1932;

Callipara africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa.

^ ^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.

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