Solatopupa

Solatopupa
	A live but retracted individual of Solatopupa juliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Chondrinidae
Genus:	Solatopupa; Pilsbry, 1917[1]

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

Distribution

The distribution the genus Solatopupa is peri-Tyrrhenian,[2] 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

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.
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.

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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] 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.