Pupillidae Explained

Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.^[1]

This family has two subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).: 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 (according to the values in this table).^[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Pupillidae include:

• † Albertanella Russell, 1931

Subfamily Pupillinae W. Turton, 1831

• Gibbulinopsis Germain, 1919
• Microstele O. Boettger, 1886
• Omegapilla Iredale, 1937
• Pupilla Fleming, 1828 - type genus of the family Pupillidae

Subfamily Pupoidinae Iredale, 1940

• Corena A. Adams, 1870
• Glyptopupoides Pilsbry, 1926
• Pupoides Pfeiffer, 1854^[3]
• Pupoidopsis Pilsbry & Cooke, 1920

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Australbinula Pilsbry, 1916: synonym of Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878 (junior synonym)
• Famarinia Iredale, 1933: synonym of Glyptopupoides Pilsbry, 1926 (invalid: nomen nudum)
• 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 (junior synonym)
• Pupa Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Pupa Röding, 1798)
• Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898^[4] / or in Vertiginidae:^[3] 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 (junior synonym)

External links

• • Bieler, R. & Slapcinsky, J. (2000). A case study for the development of an island fauna: Recent terrestrial mollusks of Bermuda. Nemouria. 44: 1-99

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pupillidae W. Turton, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426389 on 2021-07-25
2. Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, . 1–146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
3. http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"
4. Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.