Pupinidae is a taxonomic
family of
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 with an
operculum,
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 superfamily
Cyclophoroidea (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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Distribution
The distribution of the family Pupinidae includes the
Himalayas,
Assam,
Myanmar
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, peninsular
Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo,
Philippines,
Vietnam,
Thailand,
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, Melanesia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea.
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Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 8 July 2012.
Taxonomy
Subfamilies and genera within the family Pupinidae include (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
Pupininae
L. Pfeiffer, 1853
* ''
Alpinipupina'' Stanisic, 2010
* ''
Barnaia'' Thach, 2017
* ''
Callianella'' R. B. Newton, 1891
* ''
Cordillerapina'' Stanisic, 2010
* ''
Hargravesia'' H. Adams, 1871
* ''
Hildapina'' Iredale, 1940
* ''
Ischurostoma'' Bourguignat, 1874
* ''
Moulinsia'' Grateloup, 1840
* ''
Necopupina'' Iredale, 1937
* ''
Porocallia'' Möllendorff, 1893
* ''
Pupina'' Vingard, 1829 - type genus of the subfamily Pupininae
* ''
Signepupina'' Iredale, 1937
* ''
Siphonostyla'' Kobelt, 1897
* ''
Tylotoechus'' Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
Liareinae
''Liareinae'' is a taxonomic subfamily of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae.
Genera
Genera within the subfamily ''Liareinae'' include: Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins ...
Powell, 1946 - synonym: Cytoidae Climo, 1969 (n.a.) = not
available name
Pollicariinae Thiele, 1929
* ''
Pollicaria'' Gould, 1856
["WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Family: PUPINIDAE"](_blank)
accessed 8 July 2012
* ''Hybocystis'' Benson, 1859: synonym of ''Pollicaria'' A.A. Gould, 1856
Pupinellinae Kobelt, 1902 - synonyms: Ventriculidae Wenz, 1915, Pollicariini Thiele, 1929
* ''
Bellardiella'' Tapparone Canefri, 1883
* ''
Coptocheilus''
Gould, 1862
* ''
Csomapupa'' Páll-Gergely, 2015
* ''
Hedleya'' Cox, 1892
* ''
Nodopomatias'' Gude, 1921
* ''
Pseudopomatias'' Möllendorff, 1885
* ''
Pupinella
''Pupinella'' is a genus of land snails in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Species
Species within the genus ''Pupinella' ...
'' Gray
n Baird 1850 - type genus of the subfamily Pupinellinae
* ''
Raphaulus'' Pfeiffer, 1856
* ''
Scaeopupina'' Iredale, 1941
* ''
Schistoloma'' Kobelt, 1902
* ''
Streptaulus'' Benson, 1857
* ''
Tortulosa'' Gray, 1847
* ''
Vargapupa'' Páll-Gergely, 2015
subfamily ''incertae sedis''
* ''
Suavocallia'' Iredale, 1933
*(extinct) ''
Cretatortulosa'' Yu, Wang and Pan, 2018
Burmese amber, Myanmar,
Cenomanian
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.
*:
Ecology
These snails live in wet forests in
leaf litter.
References
* Bank, R. (2017). ''Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World''. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
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