Pupinidae

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Pupinidae
Temporal range:
Pupinella rufa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Pupinidae
L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Diversity
at least 121 extant species

Pupinidae is a taxonomic family of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Distribution

The distribution of the family Pupinidae includes the Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Coptocheilus electrothauma holotype in Burmese amber

Subfamilies and genera within the family Pupinidae include (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Pupininae L. Pfeiffer, 1853

Liareinae Powell, 1946 - synonym: Cytoidae Climo, 1969 (n.a.) = not available name

Pollicariinae Thiele, 1929

  • Pollicaria Gould, 1856
  • Hybocystis Benson, 1859: synonym of Pollicaria A.A. Gould, 1856

Pupinellinae Kobelt, 1902 - synonyms: Ventriculidae Wenz, 1915, Pollicariini Thiele, 1929

subfamily incertae sedis

Ecology

These snails live in wet forests in leaf litter.

References

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External links

  • Media related to Pupinidae at Wikimedia Commons