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).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
Distribution The distribution of the family Pupinidae includes the Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand,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. Australia,"Pupinidae". Atlas of Living Australia, accessed 8 July 2012. Melanesia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea."Pupinidae". Australian Faunal Directory, accessed 8 July 2012.
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 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"WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Family: PUPINIDAE". accessed 8 July 2012 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 (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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