{{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, 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 of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family 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'' <small>(Reeve, 1856)</small> * ''Callipara aikeni'' <small>Veldsman, 2012</small> * ''Callipara aphrodite'' <small>(Bondarev, 1999)</small> * ''Callipara bullatiana'' <small>(Weaver & du Pont, 1967)</small> * ''Callipara casaana'' <small>Childs, R. Aiken & Bail, 2020</small> * ''Callipara duponti'' <small>(Weaver, 1968)</small> * ''Callipara festiva'' <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small> * ''Callipara kurodai'' <small>(Kawamura, 1964)</small> * ''Callipara ponsonbyi'' <small>(Smith, 1901)</small> * ''Callipara queketti'' <small>(Smith, 1901)</small> * ''Callipara veldsmani'' <small>Veldsman, 2012</small> * ''Callipara victoriae'' <small>Childs, R. Aiken & Bail, 2020</small> * ''Callipara zululandensis'' <small>Veldsman, 2012</small>
==Description== Some of the species of the genus ''Callipara'' have a radula with vestigial lateral teeth. Teleoconch whorls are shouldered and nodulose, with the three early whorls axially ribbed. They often have with a black blotch near the siphonal canal and the upper part of the aperture. 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 is short and obtuse, with the apex papillary. The body whorl is large and ventricose. The columella shows two distinct folds in front. The outer lip 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.
==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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