Pupillidae
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.: 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.Genera
Genera within the family Pupillidae include:- † Albertanella Russell, 1931
- Gibbulinopsis Germain, 1919
- Microstele O. Boettger, 1886
- Omegapilla Iredale, 1937
- Pupilla Fleming, 1828 - type genus of the family Pupillidae
- Corena A. Adams, 1870
- Glyptopupoides Pilsbry, 1926
- Pupoides Pfeiffer, 1854
- Pupoidopsis Pilsbry & Cooke, 1920
- Australbinula Pilsbry, 1916: synonym of Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878
- Famarinia Iredale, 1933: synonym of Glyptopupoides Pilsbry, 1926
- 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
- Pupa Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828
- 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