''Pupisoma'' is a

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Valloniidae Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Valloniidae Morse, 1864. Accessed through: World R ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupisoma Stoliczka, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818515 on 2022-03-07 ''Pupisoma'' is placed within Valloniidae because Pupisomatidae is considered to be a synonym of Valloniidae.

Species

Species within the genus ''Pupisoma'' include: * '' Pupisoma bailyi'' Pilsbry, 1934 * '' Pupisoma cacharicum'' Godwin-Austen, 1910 * '' Pupisoma circumlitum'' Hedley, 1897 * '' Pupisoma comicolense'' H. B. Baker, 1928 Hausdorf, B. (2007). Revision of the American ''Pupisoma'' species (Gastropoda: Pupilloidea). ''Journal of Natural History'' 41(21-24):1481-1511. * '' Pupisoma costulata'' Hausdorf, 2007 * ''

Pupisoma dioscoricola ''Pupisoma dioscoricola'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupisoma dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marin ...

'' (C. B. Adams, 1845)"Mollusca"
. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011. * † '' Pupisoma distans'' Falkner, 1974 * '' Pupisoma evada'' (Iredale, 1944) * '' Pupisoma evezardi'' (Hanley & Theobald, 1874) * '' Pupisoma gracile'' Haas, 1937 * '' Pupisoma hueense'' (Wattebled, 1886) * '' Pupisoma japonicum'' Pilsbry, 1902 * '' Pupisoma lignicola'' (Stoliczka, 1871) * '' Pupisoma longstaffae'' Godwin-Austen, 1910 * '' Pupisoma macneilli'' (Clapp, 1918) * '' Pupisoma mauritiana'' W. Adam, 1954 * '' Pupisoma mediamericanum'' Pilsbry, 1920 * '' Pupisoma miccyla'' (Benson, 1860) * '' Pupisoma microturbinata'' Stanisic, 2010 * '' Pupisoma misaliensis'' Gittenberger & van Bruggen, 2013 * '' Pupisoma moleculina'' (van Benthem Jutting, 1940) * '' Pupisoma orcella'' (Stoliczka, 1873) * '' Pupisoma pagodula'' Stanisic, 2010 * '' Pupisoma paroense'' E. Gittenberger & Leda, 2021 * '' Pupisoma perpusillum'' (Möllendorff, 1897) * ''

Pupisoma porti ''Pupisoma'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupisoma Stoliczka, 1873. Accessed through: World Register ...

'' (Brazier, 1876) * '' Pupisoma pulvisculum'' (Issel, 1874) * '' Pupisoma renschi'' K. L. Pfeiffer, 1952 * '' Pupisoma solemi'' (Maassen, 2000) * '' Pupisoma umbilicata'' B. Rensch, 1935 * '' Pupisoma vermeuleni'' (Maassen, 2000) * '' Pupisoma vimontianum'' (Crosse, 1874) * '' Pupisoma waterloti'' Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974 * ''Pupisoma'' sp. nov. 1 from Nicaragua ;Synonyms: * ''Pupisoma atens'' Hylton Scott, 1960: synonym of ''Pupisoma comicolense'' H. B. Baker, 1927 (junior synonym) * ''Pupisoma bilamellatum'' van Benthem Jutting, 1958: synonym of '' Acmella bilamellata'' (van Benthem Jutting, 1958) (original combination) * ''Pupisoma chytrophora'' (Mabille, 1887): synonym of '' Tonkinospira chytrophora'' (Mabille, 1887) * ''Pupisoma constrictum'' (Godwin-Austen, 1895): synonym of '' Moderata constricta'' (Godwin-Austen, 1895) (unaccepted combination) * ''Pupisoma evezerdi'' (Hanley & Theobald, 1874): synonym of '' Pupisoma evezardi'' (Hanley & Theobald, 1874) (incorrect subsequent spelling) * ''Pupisoma galapagorum'' Pilsbry, 1934: synonym of '' Pupisoma comicolense'' H. B. Baker, 1927 (junior synonym) * ''Pupisoma harpula'' (Reinhardt, 1886): synonym of '' Salpingoma harpula'' (Reinhardt, 1886) * ''Pupisoma insigne'' Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of ''Pupisoma dioscoricola insigne'' Pilsbry, 1920 (unaccepted combination) * ''Pupisoma longstaffi'' Godwin-Austen, 1910: synonym of ''Pupisoma longstaffae'' Godwin-Austen, 1910 (incorrect original spelling) * ''Pupisoma michoacanensis'' Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of ''Pupisoma mediamericanum'' Pilsbry, 1920 (junior synonym) * ''Pupisoma minus'' Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of ''Pupisoma macneilli'' (G. H. Clapp, 1918) (junior synonym) * ''Pupisoma orcula'' (Benson, 1850): synonym of

(C. B. Adams, 1845) (junior synonym) * ''Pupisoma philippinicum'' Möllendorff, 1888: synonym of ''Pupisoma orcula'' (Benson, 1850): synonym of ''Pupisoma dioscoricola'' (C. B. Adams, 1845) (junior synonym) * ''Pupisoma seriola'' (Benson, 1861): synonym of ''Pupilla seriola'' (Benson, 1861) * ''Pupisoma steudneri'' (Jickeli, 1874): synonym of '' Sitala steudneri'' (Jickeli, 1874) (superseded combination) * ''Pupisoma unilamellatum'' van Benthem Jutting, 1958: synonym of ''Acmella unilamellata'' (van Benthem Jutting, 1958) (original combination)

References

* Habe, T. (1956). Anatomical Studies on the Japanese Land Snails (7). Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 19(2): 109–117. * Hausdorf B. (2007). "Revision of the American ''Pupisoma'' species (Gastropoda: Pupilloidea)". ''

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'' 41(21–24): 1481–1511. .

External links

Stoliczka, F. (1873). On the land-shells of Penang island, with descriptions of the animals and anatomical notes; part second, Helicacea. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part II, 42 (1): 11-38, pl. 1-3. Calcutta

Iredale, T. (1937). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist. 8(4): 287-333

Pilsbry, H. A. (1889). Nomenclature and check-list of North American land shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 41: 191–210

Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica. London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4
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