# Callipara

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Callipara festiva (MNHN-IM-2000-33994) 002.jpeg
| image_caption = ''Callipara festiva''
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Callipara
| authority = [Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1847
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}} 
* ''Callipara'' (''Callipara'') <small>Gray, 1847</small> 
* ''Callipara'' (''Canalilyria'') <small>Bail & Poppe, 2001</small>
* ''Callipara'' (''Festilyria'') <small>Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954</small> 
* ''Callipara'' (''Simililyria'') <small>Bail & Poppe, 2001</small> 
* ''Festilyria'' <small>Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954</small>
* ''Lyria'' (''Festilyria)'' <small>Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954</small>
* ''Simililyria'' <small>Bail & Poppe, 2001</small>
* ''Similyria'' [lapsis]
* ''Voluta'' (''Callipara'') <small>Gray, 1847</small>
{{hidden end}}
| type_species = ''Voluta bullata''
| type_species_authority = Swainson, 1829
}}

'''''Callipara''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Volutidae](/source/Volutidae).<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|382266|''Callipara'' Gray, 1847||16 June 2012}}</ref>

==Species==
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Callipara'':<ref>{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Callipara Gray, 1847 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382266 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref>
* ''[Callipara africana](/source/Callipara_africana)'' <small>(Reeve, 1856)</small>
* ''[Callipara aikeni](/source/Callipara_aikeni)'' <small>Veldsman, 2012</small>
* ''[Callipara aphrodite](/source/Callipara_aphrodite)'' <small>(Bondarev, 1999)</small>
* ''[Callipara bullatiana](/source/Callipara_bullatiana)'' <small>(Weaver & du Pont, 1967)</small>
* ''[Callipara casaana](/source/Callipara_casaana)'' <small>Childs, R. Aiken & Bail, 2020</small>
* ''[Callipara duponti](/source/Callipara_duponti)'' <small>(Weaver, 1968)</small>
* ''[Callipara festiva](/source/Callipara_festiva)'' <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small>
* ''[Callipara kurodai](/source/Callipara_kurodai)'' <small>(Kawamura, 1964)</small>
* ''[Callipara ponsonbyi](/source/Callipara_ponsonbyi)'' <small>(Smith, 1901)</small>
* ''[Callipara queketti](/source/Callipara_queketti)'' <small>(Smith, 1901)</small>
* ''[Callipara veldsmani](/source/Callipara_veldsmani)'' <small>Veldsman, 2012</small>
* ''[Callipara victoriae](/source/Callipara_victoriae)'' <small>Childs, R. Aiken & Bail, 2020</small>
* ''[Callipara zululandensis](/source/Callipara_zululandensis)'' <small>Veldsman, 2012</small>

==Description==
Some of the species of the genus ''Callipara'' have a [radula](/source/radula) with vestigial lateral teeth. [Teleoconch](/source/Teleoconch) [whorl](/source/Whorl_(mollusc))s are shouldered and nodulose, with the three early whorls axially ribbed. They often have with a black blotch near the [siphonal canal](/source/siphonal_canal) and the upper part of the [aperture](/source/Aperture_(mollusc)). All species have a shoulder, except in ''Callipara bullatian''a where the well-defined shoulder changes at a slight angle.<ref name="WoRMS" />

The thin shell is oblong-ovate. The [spire](/source/Spire_(mollusc)) is short and obtuse, with the [apex](/source/Apex_(mollusc)) papillary. The [body whorl](/source/body_whorl) is large and ventricose. The [columella](/source/Columella_(gastropod)) shows two distinct folds in front. The outer [lip](/source/Lip_(gastropod)) extends up towards the spire posteriorly.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls]</ref>

==Distribution==
The snails of this genus are found in the Indian Ocean off [East Africa](/source/East_Africa).

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. ''A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae''. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS)

==External links==
* [http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219]

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Category:Volutidae
Category:Gastropod genera
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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