Pupinidae Temporal range:
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Pupinella rufa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | 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). [2]
The distribution of the family Pupinidae includes the Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, [3] Australia, [4] Melanesia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea. [5]
Subfamilies and genera within the family Pupinidae include (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): [6]
Pupininae L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Liareinae Powell, 1946 - synonym: Cytoidae Climo, 1969 (n.a.) = not available name
Pollicariinae Thiele, 1929
Pupinellinae Kobelt, 1902 - synonyms: Ventriculidae Wenz, 1915, Pollicariini Thiele, 1929
subfamily incertae sedis
These snails live in wet forests in leaf litter. [5]
Pupinidae Temporal range:
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Pupinella rufa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | 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). [2]
The distribution of the family Pupinidae includes the Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, [3] Australia, [4] Melanesia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea. [5]
Subfamilies and genera within the family Pupinidae include (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): [6]
Pupininae L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Liareinae Powell, 1946 - synonym: Cytoidae Climo, 1969 (n.a.) = not available name
Pollicariinae Thiele, 1929
Pupinellinae Kobelt, 1902 - synonyms: Ventriculidae Wenz, 1915, Pollicariini Thiele, 1929
subfamily incertae sedis
These snails live in wet forests in leaf litter. [5]