Pupilla
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Pupilla is a genus
of minute air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
s in the family Pupillidae
.
The genus Pupilla is known from the Oligocene
to the Recent period.
subgenus Pupilla
subgenus Gibbulinopsis
subgenus ?
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of minute air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s in the family Pupillidae
Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....
.
The genus Pupilla is known from the Oligocene
Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present . As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly...
to the Recent period.
Species
Pupilla has several subgenera. Species within the genus Pupilla include:subgenus Pupilla
- Pupilla bigranataPupilla bigranataPupilla bigranata is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.- Description :...
(Rossmässler 1839) - Pupilla blandiPupilla blandiPupilla blandi, common name the Rocky Mountain column, is a species of very small or minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.- External links :...
E. S. Morse, 1865 - Rocky Mountain column - Pupilla hebes (Ancey 1881) - crestless column
- Pupilla muscorumPupilla muscorumPupilla muscorum is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.- Taxonomy :A variety Pupilla muscorum var...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - widespread column - type species - Pupilla pratensisPupilla pratensisPupilla pratensis is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae. This taxon was elevated to species level in 2009.- Taxonomy :...
(Clessin, 1871) - Pupilla triplicataPupilla triplicataPupilla triplicata is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.- Distribution :...
(Studer, 1820)
subgenus Gibbulinopsis
subgenus ?
- Pupilla alpicolaPupilla alpicolaPupilla alpicola is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.- Description :...
(Charpentier, 1837) - Pupilla annandalei Pilsbry
- Pupilla calacharicus (Boettger, 1886)
- Pupilla ficulneaPupilla ficulneaPupilla ficulnea is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae. This species is endemic to Australia....
(Tate, 1894) - Pupilla fontana (Krauss, 1848)
- Pupilla khunjerabica Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Pupilla loessicaPupilla loessicaPupilla loessica is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.- Distribution :Fossil distribution of Pupilla loessica include:...
Ložek, 1954 - Pupilla obliquicostaPupilla obliquicosta†Pupilla obliquicosta was a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae. This species was endemic to Saint Helena. It is now extinct....
Smith, 1892 - extinct - Pupilla paraturcmenica Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Pupilla pupulaPupilla pupulaPupilla pupula is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae. This species is endemic to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean....
- Pupilla satparanica Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Pupilla signata (Mousson)
- Pupilla sonorana (Sterki, 1899) - three-tooth column
- Pupilla sterriiPupilla sterriiPupilla sterrii is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.- Distribution :...
(Forster & Voith, 1840) - Pupilla syngenes (Pilsbry, 1890) - top-heavy column
- Pupilla tetrodus (Boettger, 1870)
- Pupilla turcmenica (O. Boettger)
- Pupilla ziaratana Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009