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, 1853
- Alpinipupina Stanisic, 2010
- Barnaia Thach, 2017
- Callianella R. B. Newton, 1891
- Cordillerapina Stanisic, 2010
- Hargravesia H. Adams, 1871
- Hildapina Iredale, 1940
- Ischurostoma Bourguignat, 1874
- Moulinsia Grateloup, 1840
- Necopupina Iredale, 1937
- Porocallia Möllendorff, 1893
- Pupina Vingard, 1829 - type genus of the subfamily Pupininae
- Signepupina Iredale, 1937
- Siphonostyla Kobelt, 1897
- Tylotoechus Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
Liareinae Powell, 1946 - synonym: Cytoidae Climo, 1969 = not available name
Pollicariinae Thiele, 1929
- Pollicaria Gould, 1856
- Hybocystis Benson, 1859: synonym of Pollicaria A.A. Gould, 1856
Pupinellinae Kobelt, 1902 - synonyms: Ventriculidae Wenz, 1915, Pollicariini Thiele, 1929
- Bellardiella Tapparone Canefri, 1883
- Csomapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015
- Hedleya Cox, 1892
- Nodopomatias Gude, 1921
- Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885
- Pupinella Gray , 1850 - type genus of the subfamily Pupinellinae
- Raphaulus Pfeiffer, 1856
- Scaeopupina Iredale, 1941
- Schistoloma Kobelt, 1902
- Streptaulus Benson, 1857
- Tortulosa Gray, 1847
- Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015
subfamily incertae sedis
- Suavocallia Iredale, 1933
Ecology
These snails live in wet forests in leaf litter.
