''Pupoides'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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,
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 ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Pupillidae.
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. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pupoides'' include:
* ''
Pupoides albilabris
''Pupoides albilabris'' is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea ...
'' (C. B. Adams, 1841) - white-lip dagger
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ITIS, accessed 5 April 2011.
* ''
Pupoides coenopictus''
(Hutton, 1834)
* ''
Pupoides hordaceus'' (Gabb, 1866) - ribbed dagger
* ''
Pupoides inornatus'' Vanatta, 1915 - Rocky Mountain dagger
* ''
Pupoides marginatus
''Pupoides albilabris'' is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloide ...
''
** ''Pupoides marginatus nitidulus'' (Pfeiffer, 1839)
- this is the only member of the family Pupillidae in
Cuba
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.
* ''
Pupoides modicus'' (Gould, 1848) - island dagger
References
* Thompson F.G. (2011) ''An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and central America''. Florida Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 50(1): 1-299.
Pupillidae
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