- Source: Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
This family has two subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).: Pupillinae W. Turton, 1831 and Pupoidinae Iredale, 1940.
Distribution
Pupoides marginatus is endemic to Cuba. The type genus, Pupilla, in direct contrast, has numerous living and extinct species found in Europe, Northern Africa, North America and South-East Asia.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
Genera
Genera within the family Pupillidae include:
† Albertanella Russell, 1931
Subfamily Pupillinae W. Turton, 1831
Gibbulinopsis Germain, 1919
Microstele O. Boettger, 1886
Omegapilla Iredale, 1937
Pupilla Fleming, 1828 - type genus of the family Pupillidae
Subfamily Pupoidinae Iredale, 1940
Corena A. Adams, 1870
Glyptopupoides Pilsbry, 1926
Pupoides Pfeiffer, 1854
Pupoidopsis Pilsbry & Cooke, 1920
Genera brought into synonymy
Australbinula Pilsbry, 1916: synonym of Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878 (junior synonym)
Famarinia Iredale, 1933: synonym of Glyptopupoides Pilsbry, 1926 (invalid: nomen nudum)
Gyrodaria Iredale, 1940: synonym of Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878
Leucochila E. von Martens, 1860: synonym of Pupoides L. Pfeiffer, 1854
Leucochiloides L. Pfeiffer, 1879: synonym of Pupoides L. Pfeiffer, 1854
Papualbinula Iredale, 1941: synonym of Australbinula Pilsbry, 1916: synonym of Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878
† Paracoryna Flach, 1890: synonym of Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828 (junior synonym)
Pupa Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Pupa Röding, 1798)
Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898 / or in Vertiginidae: synonym of Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773
Themapupa Iredale, 1930: synonym of Pupoides L. Pfeiffer, 1854
Torquatella Held, 1838: synonym of Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828
Wallivertilla Iredale, 1937: synonym of Cylindrovertilla O. Boettger, 1881 (junior synonym)
References
External links
Media related to Pupillidae at Wikimedia Commons
Bieler, R. & Slapcinsky, J. (2000). A case study for the development of an island fauna: Recent terrestrial mollusks of Bermuda. Nemouria. 44: 1-99
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