- Source: Pupinidae
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
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 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
Barnaia Thach, 2017
Bellardiella Tapparone Canefri, 1883
Coptocheilus Gould, 1862
Csomapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015
Didomasta Iredale, 1941
Hedleya Cox, 1892
† Kallomastoma Stache, 1889
Nodopomatias Gude, 1921
Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885
Pupinella Gray [in Baird], 1850 - type genus of the subfamily Pupinellinae
Raphaulus Pfeiffer, 1856
Scaeopupina Iredale, 1941
Schistoloma Kobelt, 1902: synonym of Coptocheilus A. Gould, 1862 (unnecessary replacement name)
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.
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
Media related to Pupinidae at Wikimedia Commons