Pupinidae
| Pupinidae | |
|---|---|
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| Pupinella rufa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda Informal group Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Pupinidae L. Pfeiffer, 1853 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 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,[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):[5]
Pupininae L. Pfeiffer, 1853
- Callianella R. B. Newton, 1891[1]
- Hedleya Cox, 1892[1]
- Moulinsia Grateloup, 1840[1]
- Pupina Vingard, 1829 - type genus of the subfamily Pupininae[1][5]
Liareinae Powell, 1946 - synonym: Cytoidae Climo, 1969 (n.a.) = not available name
Pupinellinae Kobelt, 1902 - synonyms: Ventriculidae Wenz, 1915, Pollicariini Thiele, 1929
- Pollicaria Gould, 1856[1]
- Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885[1]
- Pupinella Gray [in Baird], 1850 - type genus of the subfamily Pupinellinae[1][5]
- Raphaulus Pfeiffer, 1856[1]
- Schistoloma Kobelt, 1902[1][2]
- Streptaulus Benson, 1857[1]
- Tortulosa Gray, 1847[1]
subfamily ?
- Suavocallia Iredale, 1933[6]
Ecology
These snails live in wet forests in leaf litter.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Family: PUPINIDAE". accessed 8 July 2012
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Pupinidae". Atlas of Living Australia, accessed 8 July 2012.
- 1 2 "Pupinidae". Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 8 July 2012.
- 1 2 3 Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ Ponder W. F. & Stanisic J. (1996). Suavocallia splendens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 8 July 2012.
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