Pupinidae Explained
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).[1]
Distribution
The distribution of the family Pupinidae includes the Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand,[2] Australia,[3] Melanesia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea.[4]
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
See main article: Liareinae.
Pollicariinae Thiele, 1929
- Pollicaria Gould, 1856[5]
- 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[5]
- Pupinella Gray [in Baird], 1850 - type genus of the subfamily Pupinellinae[5]
- Raphaulus Pfeiffer, 1856[5]
- Scaeopupina Iredale, 1941
- Schistoloma Kobelt, 1902:[5] [2] synonym of Coptocheilus A. Gould, 1862 (unnecessary replacement name)
- Streptaulus Benson, 1857[5]
- Tortulosa Gray, 1847[5]
- Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015
subfamily incertae sedis
Ecology
These snails live in wet forests in leaf litter.[4]
References
- Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
Notes and References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pupinidae L. Pfeiffer, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709516 on 2021-06-05
- Tumpeesuwan S. & Panha S. (2008). "First Record of the Genus Schistoloma Kobelt, 1902 (Prosobranchia: Pupinidae) in Thailand". The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 8(1): 65-67.
- http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7d8c4093-58ab-49e5-89d0-d78e97595a88#classification "Pupinidae"
- http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PUPINIDAE "Pupinidae"
- http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmFamily/PUPINIDAEN.htm "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Family: PUPINIDAE"
- Ponder W. F. & Stanisic J. (1996). Suavocallia splendens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. . Downloaded on 8 July 2012.
- Yu. Tingting. Wang. Bo. Pan. Huazhang. October 2018. New terrestrial gastropods from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research. en. 90. 254–258. 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.015. 2018CrRes..90..254Y . 135095258 .