Genus Pupisoma Stoliczka, 1873
Toothless Pupasnails
Compiler and date details
April 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Pupisoma Stoliczka, F. 1873. On the land-shells of Pinang Island, with descriptions of the animals and anatomical notes. Part 2: Helicaceae. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 42: 11-38 [32].
Type species:
Pupa lignicola Stoliczka, 1871 by subsequent designation, see Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 9 366 pp. [52]. - Imputegla Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [305].
Type species:
Pupisoma circumlitum Hedley, 1897 by original designation. - Turbolaoma Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [317].
Type species:
Laoma turbinuloidea Gabriel, 1930 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Zilch, A. 1959. Gastropoda. Teil 2. Euthyneura. In, Schindewolf, O.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Berlin-Zehlendorf : Bornträger Vol. 6(2)(2) xii 834 pp. [173]
- Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2017. Australian Land Snails. Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 2 pp. 580. [for nomenclature purposes, all taxa described in this volume must be dated 2018] [126]
Introduction
The combination of a turbinate shaped shell and lack of apertural barriers separates Pupisoma from other Australian pupillid genera. Glyptopupoides also lacks barriers, but has an slender elongate shell. Stanisic et al. (2017) treat Turbolaoma Iredale, 1937 (type Laoma turbinuloidea Gabriel, 1930) as a junior synonym of Pupisoma, with L. turbinuloidea as junior synonym of Pupisoma porti (Brazier, 1876).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
SE NSW to NE QLD and across coastal northern NT and WA, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Elsewhere almost cosmopolitan. All tropical regions
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; NT, WA: Daly Basin (DAB)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
- Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [100]
- Zilch, A. 1959. Gastropoda. Teil 2. Euthyneura. In, Schindewolf, O.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Berlin-Zehlendorf : Bornträger Vol. 6(2)(2) xii 834 pp.
Diagnosis
Shell minute to very small, turbinate; sculpture of weak growth lines to bladed axial ribs and fine spiral threads, sometimes with ornate spines at the periphery; whorls rounded to shouldered; aperture lacking barriers; narrowly umbilicate. Colour bronze to dark brown.
Diagnosis References
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. [294]
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 [471-472]
Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2017. Australian Land Snails. Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 2 pp. 580. [for nomenclature purposes, all taxa described in this volume must be dated 2018] [60]
Common Name References
Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [100] (Toothless Pupasnails)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2020 | STYLOMMATOPHORA | 27-Jul-2021 | MODIFIED | |
| 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) |