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Puperita pupa

Puperita pupa
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Puperita pupa: A. ventral view, B. dorsal view; C. Operculum external view; D. Operculum internal view. E. detail of the color standard.
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Four Shells of Puperita pupa showing color variation, one showing the ventral side and on the lower left, an operculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Puperita
Species: P. pupa
Binomial name
Puperita pupa
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Puperita pupa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

The shell is thin but strong, globular, not presenting a prominent spire. There are 2 to 3 whorls, the outer lip is thin and sharp, the columellar area is polished and has a broad wall. The largest known specimens reach 10.6 mm. Th shell coloration is variable but is characterized by axial bands of black and white like a zebra. The opening is gray with an ocher-colored parietal callus area, and the operculum is bright yellow

Puperita pupa is a nerite that is widely distributed in the area of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

This species occurs in brackish water on the West Indian island of Dominica.



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