Genus Pupilla Leach, 1828

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Regional Maps

• Pupilla Leach, W.E. 1828. in Fleming, J. (1828) A History of British Animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangments of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, mollusca and radiata of the United Kingdom. Edinburgh & London : Bell & Bradfute and James Duncan xxiii 563 pp. [268].

  Type species:

   Pupa marginata Draparnaud, 1801 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [505]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Elsewhere Europe, Africa, N America and N & E Asia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Shell cylindrical, dextral or sinistral, with rounded whorls, sutures impressed, slightly oblique; aperture ovately lunate with 0-5 teeth: the parietal, columellar and one or two palatals deeply recessed inside aperture; lip reflected; umbilcus barely open.

 

Diagnosis References

Pilsbry, H.A. 1920. [title unknown]. In, Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. (eds). Manual of Conchology. Series 2. Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences Vol. 26 254 pp. [152]

 

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]

 

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)