Pupinidae


Pupinidae is a taxonomic family of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea.

Distribution

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.

Taxonomy

Subfamilies and genera within the family Pupinidae include :
Pupininae L. Pfeiffer, 1853Alpinipupina Stanisic, 2010Barnaia Thach, 2017Callianella R. B. Newton, 1891Cordillerapina Stanisic, 2010Hargravesia H. Adams, 1871Hildapina Iredale, 1940Ischurostoma Bourguignat, 1874Moulinsia Grateloup, 1840Necopupina Iredale, 1937Porocallia Möllendorff, 1893Pupina Vingard, 1829 - type genus of the subfamily PupininaeSignepupina Iredale, 1937Siphonostyla Kobelt, 1897Tylotoechus Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
Liareinae Powell, 1946 - synonym: Cytoidae Climo, 1969 = not available name
Pollicariinae Thiele, 1929Pollicaria Gould, 1856Hybocystis Benson, 1859: synonym of Pollicaria A.A. Gould, 1856
Pupinellinae Kobelt, 1902 - synonyms: Ventriculidae Wenz, 1915, Pollicariini Thiele, 1929Barnaia Thach, 2017Bellardiella Tapparone Canefri, 1883Coptocheilus Gould, 1862Csomapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015Didomasta Iredale, 1941Hedleya Cox, 1892
subfamily incertae sedisSuavocallia Iredale, 1933Cretatortulosa Yu, Wang and Pan, 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian.

Ecology

These snails live in wet forests in leaf litter.