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 <small>W. Turton, 1831</small> and Pupoidinae <small>Iredale, 1940</small>.
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:
Subfamily Pupillinae <small>W. Turton, 1831</small>
- Gibbulinopsis <small>Germain, 1919</small>
- Microstele <small>O. Boettger, 1886</small>
- Omegapilla <small>Iredale, 1937</small>
- Pupilla <small>Fleming, 1828</small> - type genus of the family Pupillidae
Subfamily Pupoidinae <small>Iredale, 1940</small>
Genera brought into synonymy:
- Australbinula <small>Pilsbry, 1916</small>: synonym of Gastrocopta <small>Wollaston, 1878</small> (junior synonym)
- Famarinia <small>Iredale, 1933</small>: synonym of Glyptopupoides <small>Pilsbry, 1926</small> (invalid: nomen nudum)
- Gyrodaria <small>Iredale, 1940</small>: synonym of Gastrocopta <small>Wollaston, 1878</small>
- Leucochila <small>E. von Martens, 1860</small>: synonym of Pupoides <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1854</small>
- Leucochiloides <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1879</small>: synonym of Pupoides <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1854</small>
- Papualbinula <small>Iredale, 1941</small>: synonym of Australbinula <small>Pilsbry, 1916</small>: synonym of Gastrocopta <small>Wollaston, 1878</small>
- â Paracoryna <small>Flach, 1890</small>: synonym of Pupilla <small>J. Fleming, 1828</small> (junior synonym)
- Pupa <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>: synonym of Pupilla <small>J. Fleming, 1828</small> (invalid: junior homonym of Pupa <small>Röding, 1798</small>)
- Sterkia <small>Pilsbry, 1898</small> / or in Vertiginidae: synonym of Vertigo <small>O. F. Müller, 1773</small>
- Themapupa <small>Iredale, 1930</small>: synonym of Pupoides <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1854</small>
- Torquatella <small>Held, 1838</small>: synonym of Pupilla <small>J. Fleming, 1828</small>
- Wallivertilla <small>Iredale, 1937</small>: synonym of Cylindrovertilla <small>O. Boettger, 1881</small> (junior synonym)
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