Callipara

The following species are recognised in the genus Callipara: • Callipara africana (Reeve, 1856) • Callipara aikeni Veldsman, 2012 • Callipara aphrodite (Bondarev, 1999) • Callipara bullatiana (Weaver & du Pont, 1967) • Callipara casaana Childs, R. Aiken & Bail, 2020 • Callipara duponti (Weaver, 1968) • Callipara festiva (Lamarck, 1811) • Callipara kurodai (Kawamura, 1964) • Callipara ponsonbyi (Smith, 1901) • Callipara queketti (Smith, 1901) • Callipara veldsmani Veldsman, 2012 • Callipara victoriae Childs, R. Aiken & Bail, 2020 • Callipara zululandensis Veldsman, 2012 ==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 bullatiana where the well-defined shoulder changes at a slight angle. ==Distribution==

The snails of this genus are found in the Indian Ocean off East Africa. ==References==