Solatopupa
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Solatopupa is a genus of land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae
Chondrinidae
Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....

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Distribution

The distribution the genus Solatopupa is peri-Tyrrhenian, that mean around Tyrrhenian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy.-Geography:The sea is bounded by Corsica and Sardinia , Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Basilicata and Calabria and Sicily ....

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Species

There are six species in the genus Solatopupa:
  • Solatopupa cianensis (Caziot, 1910)
  • Solatopupa guidoni
    Solatopupa guidoni
    Solatopupa guidoni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.-References:* Bouchet, P. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....

    (Caziot, 1904)
  • Solatopupa juliana
    Solatopupa juliana
    Solatopupa juliana is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the genus Solatopupa belonging to the family Chondrinidae.-Distribution:...

    (Issel, 1866)
  • Solatopupa pallida (Rossmässler, 1842)
  • Solatopupa psarolena
    Solatopupa psarolena
    Solatopupa psarolena is a species of gastropod in the Chondrinidae family. It is found in France and Italy.-Source:* Bouchet, P. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....

    (Bourguignat, 1859)
  • Solatopupa similis (Bruguière, 1792)
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