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
; Subfamily Pupoidinae Iredale, 1940Corena A. Adams, 1870Glyptopupoides Pilsbry, 1926Pupoides Pfeiffer, 1854Pupoidopsis Pilsbry & Cooke, 1920
;Genera brought into synonymy:Australbinula Pilsbry, 1916: synonym of Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878 Famarinia Iredale, 1933: synonym of Glyptopupoides Pilsbry, 1926 Gyrodaria Iredale, 1940: synonym of Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878Leucochila E. von Martens, 1860: synonym of Pupoides L. Pfeiffer, 1854Leucochiloides L. Pfeiffer, 1879: synonym of Pupoides L. Pfeiffer, 1854Papualbinula 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, 1773Themapupa Iredale, 1930: synonym of Pupoides L. Pfeiffer, 1854Torquatella Held, 1838: synonym of Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828Wallivertilla Iredale, 1937: synonym of Cylindrovertilla O. Boettger, 1881