Pupa solidula

Pupa solidula, common name the solid pupa, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae. .^[1][2]

Solid pupa
Five views of a shell of Pupa solidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Pupa
Species:	P. solidula
Binomial name
Pupa solidula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinulus huttoni Kirk, 1882 Bulla solidula Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Dactylus punctatus Schumacher, 1817 Pupa (Pupa) solidula (Linnaeus, 1758) · accepted, alternate representation Pupa grisebla Röding, 1798 (invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Bulla solidula) Pupa roseomaculata Iredale, 1936 Solidula solidula (Linnaeus, 1758) Tornatella fumata Reeve, 1865 Tornatella solidula Bruguière

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.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.