Puperita pupa

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Puperita pupa
Puperita pupa
Four Shells of Puperita pupa showing color variation, one showing the ventral side and on the lower left, an operculum
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P. pupa
Binomial name
Puperita pupa
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Puperita pupa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[1]

Description[change | change source]

Shell is globular, not presenting short spire, there are 2 to 3 turns, the outer lip is thin and sharp, columellar area is polished and has a broad wall fell. The mayor know specimens reach the 10.6 mm. Its coloration is characterized by axial bands black and white like a zebra, the opening is gray and ocher like parietal callus area and the operculum is bright yellow [2][3]

Distribution[change | change source]

Puperita pupa is a gastropod mollusk widely distributed in the area of Caribbean Sea: Cayman Islands,[1] Colombia,[1] Costa Rica,[1] Cuba,[1] Hispaniola,[1] Jamaica,[1] Mexico,[1] Venezuela[4] Dominica.[5]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 World register of Marine Species: Puperita pupa (Linnaeus, 1767) AphiaID: 419513 [1]
  2. Aboott, R. Tucker. 1954: “American Seashells”. D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, Toronto – Canadá. 541p.
  3. Morris, Percy A. 1973: “A field guide to shells of the Atlantic and gulf coasts and the West Indies”. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston EE.UU. 330p
  4. Baker, H. Burrington. 1923: “The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson expedition in Venezuela”. Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology. University of Michigan, 152:1-159.
  5. Starmühlner F. von (1988). "Ergebnisse der Österreichisch-Französischen Hydrobiologischen Mission 1979 nach Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique (Kleine Antillen). Teil II: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süß- und Brackwassermollusken von Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B, 90: 221-340. PDF.

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