Pupinidae
| Pupinidae | |
|---|---|
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| Pupinella rufa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda Informal group Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: |
Pupinidae L. Pfeiffer, 1853 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 121 extant species | |
Informal group Architaenioglossa
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).
The distribution of the family Pupinidae includes the Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand,Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea.
Subfamilies and genera within the family Pupinidae include (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
Pupininae L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Liareinae Powell, 1946 - synonym: Cytoidae Climo, 1969 (n.a.) = not available name
Pupinellinae Kobelt, 1902 - synonyms: Ventriculidae Wenz, 1915, Pollicariini Thiele, 1929
subfamily ?
These snails live in wet forests in leaf litter.
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