Pupillidae

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Family of gastropods

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::summary Family of gastropods ::

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  • Pupinae Flemming, 1828 (inv.)
  • Pupoididae Iredale, 1939 |type_genus = |display_parents = 3

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 W. Turton, 1831 and Pupoidinae Iredale, 1940.

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:

  • † Albertanella Russell, 1931 ; Subfamily Pupillinae W. Turton, 1831
  • Gibbulinopsis Germain, 1919
  • Microstele O. Boettger, 1886
  • Omegapilla Iredale, 1937
  • Pupilla Fleming, 1828 - type genus of the family Pupillidae ; Subfamily Pupoidinae Iredale, 1940
  • Corena A. Adams, 1870
  • Glyptopupoides Pilsbry, 1926
  • Pupoides Pfeiffer, 1854
  • Pupoidopsis Pilsbry & Cooke, 1920 ;Genera brought into synonymy:
  • Australbinula Pilsbry, 1916: synonym of Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Famarinia Iredale, 1933: synonym of Glyptopupoides Pilsbry, 1926 (invalid: nomen nudum)
  • Gyrodaria Iredale, 1940: synonym of Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878
  • Leucochila E. von Martens, 1860: synonym of Pupoides L. Pfeiffer, 1854
  • Leucochiloides L. Pfeiffer, 1879: synonym of Pupoides L. Pfeiffer, 1854
  • Papualbinula Iredale, 1941: synonym of Australbinula Pilsbry, 1916: synonym of Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878
  • † Paracoryna Flach, 1890: synonym of Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828 (junior synonym)
  • Pupa Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Pupa Röding, 1798)
  • Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898 / or in Vertiginidae: synonym of Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773
  • Themapupa Iredale, 1930: synonym of Pupoides L. Pfeiffer, 1854
  • Torquatella Held, 1838: synonym of Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828
  • Wallivertilla Iredale, 1937: synonym of Cylindrovertilla O. Boettger, 1881 (junior synonym)

References

References

  1. [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/family?id=29 "Family summary for Pupillidae"]. [[AnimalBase]], accessed 5 April 2011.
  2. [[William Turton. Turton W.]] (1831). ''A manual of the land and freshwater shells of the British Islands''. 152 pp., 9, plates. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Greene, London.'''8''': [https://archive.org/stream/manuallandfresh00turtrich#page/96/mode/2up 97]. (original spelling: Pupilladae.)
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pupillidae W. Turton, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426389 on 2021-07-25
  4. 0-85199-318-4. 1–146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
  5. {{Bouchet 2005
  6. [http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"] {{webarchive. link. (18 July 2011 . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.)
  7. ''Sterkia clementina''. [[NatureServe]] Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.

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