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 <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1853</small>

• 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
• Suavocallia Wenz, 1938
• 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 <small>Thach, 2017</small>
• Bellardiella <small>Tapparone Canefri, 1883</small>
• Coptocheilus <small>Gould, 1862</small>
• Csomapupa <small>Páll-Gergely, 2015</small>
• Didomasta <small>Iredale, 1941</small>
• Hedleya <small>Cox, 1892</small>
• † Kallomastoma <small>Stache, 1889</small>
• Nodopomatias <small>Gude, 1921</small>
• Pseudopomatias <small>Möllendorff, 1885</small>
• Pupinella <small>Gray [in Baird], 1850</small> - type genus of the subfamily Pupinellinae
• Raphaulus <small>Pfeiffer, 1856</small>
• Scaeopupina <small>Iredale, 1941</small>
• Schistoloma <small>Kobelt, 1902</small>: synonym of Coptocheilus <small>A. Gould, 1862</small> (unnecessary replacement name)
• Streptaulus <small>Benson, 1857</small>
• Tortulosa <small>Gray, 1847</small>
• Vargapupa <small>Páll-Gergely, 2015</small>

subfamily incertae sedis

• (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

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