Pupilloidea is a

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of small and very small air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s, terrestrial

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the infraorder ''

Pupilloidei The Pupilloideiis an taxonomic infraorder of air-breathing land snails, semislugs and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the suborder Helicina.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pupilloidei. Accessed through: World Register ...

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Taxonomy

This superfamily contains the following families: * Achatinellidae Gulick, 1873 *

Agardhiellidae Agardhiellidae is a family of gastropods belonging to the order Stylommatophora Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrö ...

Harl & Páll-Gergely, 2017 *

Amastridae Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastridae Pilsbry, 1910. Accessed through: World Register ...

Pilsbry, 1910 *

Argnidae Argnidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. Distribution Distribution of Argnidae include Europe: southern and eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains.

Hudec, 1965 * Cerastidae Wenz, 1923 *

Cochlicopidae Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosome A chromosome is a long DN ...

Pilsbry, 1900 (1879) *

Draparnaudiidae ''Draparnaudia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea. ''Draparnaudia'' is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae. Both the family name an ...

Solem, 1962 *

Enidae Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Enidae B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies ...

B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880) *

Fauxulidae Fauxulidae is a family of gastropods belonging to the superfamily Pupilloidea of the order Stylommatophora Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pav ...

Harl & Páll-Gergely, 2017 *

Gastrocoptidae Gastrocoptidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Pupilloidea.Philippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, ...

Pilsbry, 1918 *

Lauriidae Lauriidae is a family of land snails. It is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) ...

Steenberg, 1925 *

Odontocycladidae ''Odontocycladidae'' is a family of gastropods belonging to the order Stylommatophora Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael ...

Hausdorf, 1996 *

Orculidae Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orculidae Pilsbry, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

Pilsbry, 1918 *

Pagodulinidae ''Pagodulinidae'' is a family of gastropods The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from s ...

Pilsbry, 1924 *

Partulidae Partulidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Partulidae Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:// ...

Pilsbry, 1900 *

Pleurodiscidae Pleurodiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. ''Pleurodiscus'' is the only genus in the family Pleurodiscidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pleurodiscus'' ...

Wenz, 1923 * Pupillidae W. Turton, 1831 *

Pyramidulidae Pyramidulidae is a family (biology), family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyramidulidae Kennard & B. B. W ...

Kennard & B. B. Woodward, 1914 *

Spelaeoconchidae ''Spelaeoconcha paganettii'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. The genus is monotypic, as also is the family. Taxonomy The family Spelaeoconchidae is ...

A. J. Wagner, 1928 * Spelaeodiscidae Steenberg, 1925 * Strobilopsidae Wenz, 1915 * Valloniidae Morse, 1864 * Vertiginidae Fitzinger, 1833 ;Synonyms: * Cerastuidae Wenz, 1930: synonym of Cerastidae Wenz, 1923 * Chondrulidae A. J. Wagner, 1928: synonym of Chondrulini Wenz, 1923 (junior synonym) * Cionellidae L. Pfeiffer, 1879: synonym of Cochlicopidae Pilsbry, 1900 (1879) * Elasmiatidae Kuroda & Habe, 1949: synonym of Elasmiatini Kuroda & Habe, 1949 (original rank) * Family Pachnodidae Steenberg, 1925: synonym of Cerastidae Wenz, 1923 * Pupidae J. Fleming, 1822: synonym of Cerionidae Pilsbry, 1901 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of ''Pupa'' Röding, 1798 cteonidae * Pupisomatidae Iredale, 1940: synonym of Valloniidae Morse, 1864 * Pupoididae Iredale, 1939: synonym of Pupillidae W. Turton, 1831 * Strobilidae Jooss, 1911: synonym of Strobilopsidae Wenz, 1915 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of ''Strobila'' M. Sars, 1829

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* Tornatellinidae Sykes, 1900Small text: synonym of Tornatellininae Sykes, 1900 (original rank) * Zuidae Bourguignat, 1884: synonym of Cochlicopidae Pilsbry, 1900 (1879)

References

* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526

External links

Harl J., Haring E., Asami T., Sittenthaler M., Sattmann H. & Páll-Gergely B. (2017). Molecular systematics of the land snail family Orculidae reveal paraphyly and deep splits within the clade Orthurethra (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181(4): 778-794

Saadi, A. J.; Mordan, P. B.; Wade, C. M. (2021). Molecular phylogeny of the Orthurethra (Panpulmonata: Stylommatophora). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Gastropod superfamilies Taxa named by William Turton {{Stylommatophora-stub