Pupa nitidula Smooth Pink Pupa

Pupa nitidula is commonly referred to as Smooth Pink Pupa. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pupa nitidula,Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie 2025

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lexID:: 18032
AphiaID:: 215313

Scientific:: Pupa nitidula
German:: Glatte Pinkfarbene Drechselschnecke
English:: Smooth Pink Pupa

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Acteonidae (Family) > Pupa (Genus) > nitidula (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1816

Occurrence:: Australia, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, New Caledonia, Philippines, Réunion , South-Africa
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Lagoons, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,0cm)
Temperature:: 32 °F - 82.4 °F (0°C - 28°C)
Food:: No reliable information available, Predatory, Worms
Tank:: 11 gal (~ 50L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pupa affinis
Pupa alveola
Pupa coccinata
Pupa niecaensis
Pupa nitidula
Glatte Pinkfarbene Drechselschnecke
Pupa pascuana
Pupa pudica
Pupa sekii
Pupa sinica
Pupa solidula
Drechselschnecke
Pupa strigosa
Pupa sulcata
Pupa suturalis
Pupa tessellata
Drechselschnecke
Pupa tragulata

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2026-01-08 13:38:05
Last edit:: 2026-01-08 13:49:08

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Pupa nitidula (Lamarck, 1816)

Pupa nitidula belongs to the family Acteonidae. The housing are oval to spindle-shaped with operculum. Body white , shell white eith large dark brown or black markings. Pupa nitidula is a very small shell, that lives in sand and feeds on polychaete worms.

Synonymised names
Solidula nitidula (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Tornatella nitidula Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

seaslugforum (en). Abgerufen am 08.01.2026.
underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 08.01.2026.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 08.01.2026.

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Pupa nitidula,Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie 2025

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