Callipara africana

Callipara africana
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
  • 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]

Subspecies
  • Callipara africana africana (Reeve, 1856)
  • Callipara africana pumila Bail & Aiken, 2017
  1. ^ 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