Pupillidae
About 90 Gastrocopta pellucida hordeacella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Pulmonata Suborder: Eupulmonata Infraorder: Stylommatophora Parvorder: Orthurethra Superfamily: Pupilloidea Family: Pupillidae Pilsbry, 1916
Genera
see text

Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata. Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails The Pulmonata or "pulmonates" are an order (once a Subclass) of Snails and Slugs that have developed a pallial Lung The Eupulmonata are a Taxonomic group of air-breathing Snails Some are marine and some are saltmarsh snails that can tolerate salty conditions but the Stylommatophora is an Infraorder (also sometimes considered an order of air-breathing land Snails and Slugs terrestrial Pulmonate Gastropod Henry Augustus Pilsbry ( 7 December 1862 in Iowa City Iowa – 26 October 1957 in Lantana Florida) was an American biologist In Biological classification, family ( Latin The word snail is a Common name that can be used for almost all members of the Molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells in the Terrestrial animals are Animals that live predominantly or entirely on land as compared with Aquatic animals which live predominantly or entirely in the water (e The Pulmonata or "pulmonates" are an order (once a Subclass) of Snails and Slugs that have developed a pallial Lung The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 The Pulmonata or "pulmonates" are an order (once a Subclass) of Snails and Slugs that have developed a pallial Lung

Genera within the family Pupillidae

• Gastrocopta
• Gyliotrachela
• Lauria
• Leiostyla
• Lyropupa
• Nesopupa
• Pronesopupa
• Ptychalaea
• Pupilla
• Pupoidopsis

References

UserPolbot. --> Gastrocopta is a genus of Gastropod in the Pupillidae family UserPolbot. --> Gyliotrachela is a genus of Gastropod in the Pupillidae family Lauria is a genus of Gastropod in the Pupillidae family It contains the following species Lauria cylindracea UserPolbot. --> Leiostyla is a genus of Gastropod in the Pupillidae family UserPolbot. --> Lyropupa is a genus of Gastropod in the Pupillidae family UserPolbot. --> Nesopupa is a genus of Gastropod in the Pupillidae family UserPolbot. --> Pronesopupa is a genus of Gastropod in the Pupillidae family UserPolbot. --> Ptychalaea is a genus of Gastropod in the Pupillidae family Pupilla is a genus of land gastropods from family Pupillidae. UserPolbot. --> Pupoidopsis is a genus of Gastropod in the Pupillidae family

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