Pupinidae

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Pupinidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Pupinella rufa.jpg
Pupinella rufa
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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]

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Distribution

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]

Taxonomy

+ Coptocheilus electrothauma holotype in Burmese amber Schistoloma electrothauma holotype Fig5 A.jpg
Coptocheilus electrothauma holotype in Burmese amber

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

Ecology

These snails live in wet forests in leaf litter. [5]

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