Solatopupa

Solatopupa
A live but retracted individual of Solatopupa juliana
Scientific 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

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

Distribution

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

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

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.