Solatopupa

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

Distribution

The distribution the genus Solatopupa is peri-Tyrrhenian, 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

• 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.