Pupa affinis

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Pupa affinis
Pupa kirki.JPG
A shell of Pupa affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Acteonoidea
Family:
Acteonidae
Genus:
Pupa
Species:
P. affinis
Binomial name
Pupa affinis
(A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms [1]
  • Acteon pilsbryiCossmann, 1902
  • Buccinulus albusHutton, 1873
  • Buccinulus fraterculusDunker, 1882
  • Buccinulus gracilisKirk, 1882
  • Buccinulus intermediusAngas, 1879
  • Buccinulus kirki Hutton, 1873
  • Buccinulus niveusAngas, 1871
  • Buccinulus strigosusGould, 1859
  • Pupa kirki(Hutton, 1873)
  • Pupa nivea(Angas, 1871)
  • Pupa strigosa sekiiHabe, 1958
  • Pupa thaanumiPilsbry, 1917
  • Solidula affinisA. Adams, 1855 (basionym)
  • Tornatella fumataReeve, 1865

Pupa affinis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae. It is found in the waters around the North Island of New Zealand. [1] [2]

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Description

The shell is 15 mm in length and is usually white, beige, or brown, with or without black markings. It is egg shaped (ovate) with an elevated spire. The columella or central axis of the shell has a large double fold. [3]

Synonyms

A synonym of this species, described for science by Frederick Hutton, may have been named for New Zealand cephalopod biologist Thomas William Kirk, or his father Thomas Kirk, curator of the Auckland Museum. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Pupa affinis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215315 on 2012-06-04
  2. ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (22 May) Pupa kirki (Hutton, 1873). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from "The Sea Slug Forum - Pupa kirki". Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  4. ↑ Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names


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