Pupisoma

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

|taxon = Pupisoma |image= Pupisoma vermeuleni (MNHN-IM-2000-21298) 001.jpeg |image_caption= Shell of Pupisoma vermeuleni (paratype at MNHN, Paris) |authority = Stoliczka 1873 |type_species= Pupa lignicola Stolizcka, 1871 |synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

• Imputegla Iredale, 1937
• Parazoogenetes Habe, 1956
• Patula (Ptychopatula) Pilsbry, 1889 (unaccepted combination)
• Ptychopatula Pilsbry, 1889
• Pupa (Pupisoma) Stoliczka, 1873 (unaccepted rank)
• Pupisoma (Ptychopatula) Pilsbry, 1889· accepted, alternate representation
• Pupisoma (Pupisoma) Stoliczka, 1873· accepted, alternate representation |display_parents= 3

Pupisoma is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae.

Pupisoma is placed within Valloniidae because Pupisomatidae is considered to be a synonym of Valloniidae.

Species

Species within the genus Pupisoma include:

• Pupisoma bailyi Pilsbry, 1934
• Pupisoma cacharicum Godwin-Austen, 1910
• Pupisoma circumlitum Hedley, 1897
• Pupisoma comicolense H. B. Baker, 1928
• Pupisoma costulata Hausdorf, 2007
• Pupisoma dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845)
• † Pupisoma distans Falkner, 1974
• Pupisoma evada (Iredale, 1944)
• Pupisoma evezardi (Hanley & Theobald, 1874)
• Pupisoma gracile Haas, 1937
• Pupisoma hueense (Wattebled, 1886)
• Pupisoma japonicum Pilsbry, 1902
• Pupisoma lignicola (Stoliczka, 1871)
• Pupisoma longstaffae Godwin-Austen, 1910
• Pupisoma macneilli (Clapp, 1918)
• Pupisoma mauritiana W. Adam, 1954
• Pupisoma mediamericanum Pilsbry, 1920
• Pupisoma miccyla (Benson, 1860)
• Pupisoma microturbinata Stanisic, 2010
• Pupisoma misaliensis Gittenberger & van Bruggen, 2013
• Pupisoma moleculina (van Benthem Jutting, 1940)
• Pupisoma orcella (Stoliczka, 1873)
• Pupisoma pagodula Stanisic, 2010
• Pupisoma paroense E. Gittenberger & Leda, 2021
• Pupisoma perpusillum (Möllendorff, 1897)
• Pupisoma porti (Brazier, 1876)
• Pupisoma pulvisculum (Issel, 1874)
• Pupisoma renschi K. L. Pfeiffer, 1952
• Pupisoma solemi (Maassen, 2000)
• Pupisoma umbilicata B. Rensch, 1935
• Pupisoma vermeuleni (Maassen, 2000)
• Pupisoma vimontianum (Crosse, 1874)
• Pupisoma waterloti Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974
• Pupisoma sp. nov. 1 from Nicaragua ;Synonyms:
• Pupisoma atens Hylton Scott, 1960: synonym of Pupisoma comicolense H. B. Baker, 1927 (junior synonym)
• Pupisoma bilamellatum van Benthem Jutting, 1958: synonym of Acmella bilamellata (van Benthem Jutting, 1958) (original combination)
• Pupisoma chytrophora (Mabille, 1887): synonym of Tonkinospira chytrophora (Mabille, 1887)
• Pupisoma constrictum (Godwin-Austen, 1895): synonym of Moderata constricta (Godwin-Austen, 1895) (unaccepted combination)
• Pupisoma evezerdi (Hanley & Theobald, 1874): synonym of Pupisoma evezardi (Hanley & Theobald, 1874) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
• Pupisoma galapagorum Pilsbry, 1934: synonym of Pupisoma comicolense H. B. Baker, 1927 (junior synonym)
• Pupisoma harpula (Reinhardt, 1886): synonym of Salpingoma harpula (Reinhardt, 1886)
• Pupisoma insigne Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of Pupisoma dioscoricola insigne Pilsbry, 1920 (unaccepted combination)
• Pupisoma longstaffi Godwin-Austen, 1910: synonym of Pupisoma longstaffae Godwin-Austen, 1910 (incorrect original spelling)
• Pupisoma michoacanensis Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of Pupisoma mediamericanum Pilsbry, 1920 (junior synonym)
• Pupisoma minus Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of Pupisoma macneilli (G. H. Clapp, 1918) (junior synonym)
• Pupisoma orcula (Benson, 1850): synonym of Pupisoma dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845) (junior synonym)
• Pupisoma philippinicum Möllendorff, 1888: synonym of Pupisoma orcula (Benson, 1850): synonym of Pupisoma dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845) (junior synonym)
• Pupisoma seriola (Benson, 1861): synonym of Pupilla seriola (Benson, 1861)
• Pupisoma steudneri (Jickeli, 1874): synonym of Sitala steudneri (Jickeli, 1874) (superseded combination)
• Pupisoma unilamellatum van Benthem Jutting, 1958: synonym of Acmella unilamellata (van Benthem Jutting, 1958) (original combination)

References

• Habe, T. (1956). Anatomical Studies on the Japanese Land Snails (7). Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 19(2): 109–117.
• Hausdorf B. (2007). "Revision of the American Pupisoma species (Gastropoda: Pupilloidea)". Journal of Natural History 41(21–24): 1481–1511. .

References

1. [[Ferdinand Stoliczka. Stoliczka F.]] (1873). ''J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal'' '''42'''(2): 32.
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3. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupisoma Stoliczka, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818515 on 2022-03-07
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5. Hausdorf, B. (2007). Revision of the American ''Pupisoma'' species (Gastropoda: Pupilloidea). ''Journal of Natural History'' '''41'''(21-24):1481-1511.
6. [http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"] {{webarchive. link. (18 July 2011 . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.)
7. Perez, A.M.. (1996). "''Pupisoma sp. nov. 1''". [[IUCN]].
8. Seddon, M.B.. (2000). "''Pupisoma orcula''". [[IUCN]].

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