''Solatopupa'' is a

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of air-breathing

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s in the subfamily Granariinae of the family

Chondrinidae Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values i ...

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Distribution

The distribution the genus ''Solatopupa'' is peri-Tyrrhenian,Ketmaier V., GiustiF. & Caccone A. (2006). "Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the land snail genus ''Solatopupa'' (Pulmonata) in the peri-Tyrrhenian area". ''

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Tyrrhenian Sea The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian pe ...

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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 ''Solatopupa psarolena'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae. This species is found in France and Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or ...

'' (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 16th, 2017.

External links

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