{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Speciesbox | name = Solid pupa | image =Pupa solidula 01.jpg | image_caption = Five views of a shell of ''Pupa solidula'' | genus = Pupa (gastropod) | species = solidula | authority =(Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms_ref= <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Buccinulus huttoni'' <small>Kirk, 1882</small> * ''Bulla solidula'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (original combination) * ''Dactylus punctatus'' <small>Schumacher, 1817</small> * ''Pupa (Pupa) solidula'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> · accepted, alternate representation * ''Pupa grisebla'' <small>Röding, 1798</small> (invalid: unnecessary substitute name for ''Bulla solidula'') * ''Pupa roseomaculata'' <small>Iredale, 1936</small> * ''Solidula solidula'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Tornatella fumata'' <small>Reeve, 1865</small> * ''Tornatella solidula'' <small>Bruguière</small> }}
'''''Pupa solidula''''', common name the '''solid pupa''', is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.<ref name="WoRMS">Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Pupa solidula (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215317 on 2016-05-22</ref><ref>Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}</ref>
==Description== The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.
The thick shell is ovate, oblong and cylindrical. It shows slightly impressed, transverse striae, traversed by oblong, brown spots, and often intermixed with other reddish spots, especially upon the whorls. A narrow, white band, surrounds towards the middle, the lowest whorl. The conical spire is pointed. The oblong aperture is narrowed, a little compressed towards its upper third, and dilated at its lower part. Two folds upon the columella, are separated by quite a deep, semicircular groove, the larger, two-lobed.<ref name="Kiener">[https://archive.org/details/generalspeciesic00kien Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837] (described as ''Tornatella solidula'')</ref>
==Distribution== This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundem Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentis, Synonymis, Locis. Tom.1 Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii 824 pp.. * Willan, R.C. 2005. ''The molluscan fauna from the emergent reefs of the northernmost Sahul Shelf, Timor Sea'' — Ashmore, Cartier and Hibernia Reefs; biodiversity and zoogeography. pp. 51–81 in Russell, B.C. et al. (eds). Understanding the Cultural and Natural Heritage values and Management Challenges of the Ashmore Region. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Suppl. 1: 248 pp. * Poppe G. (2010) ''Philippine marine mollusks volume 3''. 665 pp., pls 708–1014. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
==External links== * {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=4028|title=''Pupa solidula solidula''|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Acteonidae Category:Gastropods described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus