Pupilloidea is a
superfamily of small and very small air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the infraorder ''
Pupilloidei'' .
Taxonomy
This superfamily contains the following families:
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Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Taxonomy
It was previously the only family in the superfamily Achatinelloidea (according to the taxon ...
Gulick, 1873
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Agardhiellidae
Agardhiellidae is a family of gastropods belonging to the order Stylommatophora
Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrö ...
Harl & Páll-Gergely, 2017
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Amastridae Pilsbry, 1910
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Argnidae
Argnidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
Distribution
Distribution of Argnidae include Europe: southern and eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains. Hudec, 1965
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Cerastidae Wenz, 1923
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Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according ...
Pilsbry, 1900 (1879)
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Draparnaudiidae Solem, 1962
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Enidae
Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Enidae B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies ...
B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880)
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Fauxulidae
Fauxulidae is a family of gastropods belonging to the superfamily Pupilloidea of the order Stylommatophora
Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pav ...
Harl & Páll-Gergely, 2017
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Gastrocoptidae
Gastrocoptidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Pupilloidea.Philippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, P ...
Pilsbry, 1918
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Lauriidae Steenberg, 1925
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Odontocycladidae
''Odontocycladidae'' is a family of gastropods belonging to the order Stylommatophora
Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael ...
Hausdorf, 1996
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Orculidae
Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea
Pupilloidea is a superfamily of small and very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastr ...
Pilsbry, 1918
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Pagodulinidae Pilsbry, 1924
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Partulidae
Partulidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Partulidae Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
Pilsbry, 1900
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Pleurodiscidae Wenz, 1923
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Pupillidae W. Turton, 1831
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Pyramidulidae
Pyramidulidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyramidulidae Kennard & B. B. Woodward, 1914. Accessed through: World R ...
Kennard & B. B. Woodward, 1914
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Spelaeoconchidae
''Spelaeoconcha paganettii'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
The genus is monotypic, as also is the family.
Taxonomy
The family Spelaeoconchidae is ...
A. J. Wagner, 1928
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Spelaeodiscidae Steenberg, 1925
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Strobilopsidae Wenz, 1915
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Valloniidae Morse, 1864
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Vertiginidae Fitzinger, 1833
;Synonyms:
* Cerastuidae
Wenz, 1930: synonym of Cerastidae
Wenz, 1923
* Chondrulidae
A. J. Wagner, 1928: synonym of Chondrulini
Wenz, 1923 (junior synonym)
* Cionellidae
L. Pfeiffer, 1879: synonym of Cochlicopidae
Pilsbry, 1900 (1879)
* Elasmiatidae
Kuroda & Habe, 1949: synonym of Elasmiatini
Kuroda & Habe, 1949 (original rank)
* Family Pachnodidae
Steenberg, 1925: synonym of Cerastidae
Wenz, 1923
* Pupidae
J. Fleming, 1822: synonym of Cerionidae
Pilsbry, 1901 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of ''Pupa''
Röding, 1798 cteonidae
* Pupisomatidae
Iredale, 1940: synonym of Valloniidae
Morse, 1864
* Pupoididae
Iredale, 1939: synonym of Pupillidae
W. Turton, 1831
* Strobilidae
Jooss, 1911: synonym of Strobilopsidae
Wenz, 1915 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of ''Strobila''
M. Sars, 1829 nidaria
Cnidaria () is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic animals found both in Fresh water, freshwater and Marine habitats, marine environments, predominantly the latter.
Their distinguishing feature is cnidocyt ...
* Tornatellinidae
Sykes, 1900Small text: synonym of Tornatellininae
Sykes, 1900 (original rank)
* Zuidae
Bourguignat, 1884: synonym of Cochlicopidae
Pilsbry, 1900 (1879)
References
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
External links
Harl J., Haring E., Asami T., Sittenthaler M., Sattmann H. & Páll-Gergely B. (2017). Molecular systematics of the land snail family Orculidae reveal paraphyly and deep splits within the clade Orthurethra (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181(4): 778-794Saadi, A. J.; Mordan, P. B.; Wade, C. M. (2021). Molecular phylogeny of the Orthurethra (Panpulmonata: Stylommatophora). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Gastropod superfamilies
Taxa named by William Turton
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