Subgenus Pupilla (Gibbulinopsis) Germain, 1919

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gibbulinopsis Germain, L. 1919. Contributions à la Faune Malacologique de l'Afrique équatorial. LVII. Sur quelques genres et espèces de pulmonés de l'Afrique oriental. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 25: 258-265 [265] [first introduced as a subgenus of Orthogibbus Germain, 1913 in the Streptaxidae; transferred to the Pupillidae, see Pilsbry, H.A. 1926. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 27 369 pp. [Mar. 1926] (254)].

  Type species:

   Pupa pupula Deshayes, 1863 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Pilsbry, H.A. 1926. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 27 369 pp. [Mar. 1926]; Solem, A. 1986. Pupilloid land snails from the south and mid-west coasts of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 7: 95-124.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Elsewhere in eastern Europe, Africa, Cape Verde Island, Reunion Island, and north and east Asia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Shell tiny, pupiform, sinistral or dextral, smooth; whorls slightly rounded, sutures weakly impressed; aperture ovately lunate with 2-5 barriers; a single parietal tooth, basal and palatal nodules, columellar fold and occasionally with an angular tubercle. Colour bronze to orange-brown.

 

Diagnosis References

Zilch, A. 1959. Euthyneura. In, Schindewolf, O.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Berlin-Zehlendorf : Bornträger Vol. 6(2)(2) xii 834 pp. [166]

 

General References

Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [293]

Solem, A. 1991. Distribution and diversity patterns of Australian pupilloid land snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae, s.l.). Veliger 34(3): 233-252 [250]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Feb-2014	PUPILLIDAE	11-Feb-2014	MODIFIED
24-Jul-2012		24-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
27-Jun-2012		27-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)