Pupinidae

Pupinidae is a taxonomic family of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

[2] The distribution of the family Pupinidae includes the Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand,[3] Australia,[4] Melanesia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea.

[5] Subfamilies and genera within the family Pupinidae include (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):[6] Pupininae L. Pfeiffer, 1853 Liareinae Powell, 1946 - synonym: Cytoidae Climo, 1969 (n.a.)

= not available name Pollicariinae Thiele, 1929 Pupinellinae Kobelt, 1902 - synonyms: Ventriculidae Wenz, 1915, Pollicariini Thiele, 1929 subfamily incertae sedis These snails live in wet forests in leaf litter.

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