Pupina
Encyclopedia
Pupina is a genus
of land snail
s with an operculum
, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the family Pupinidae
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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 land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, 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...
gastropod mollusks in the family Pupinidae
Pupinidae
Pupinidae is a taxonomic family of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea .- Taxonomy :...
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Species
Species in the genus Pupina include:- Pupina brenchleyiPupina brenchleyiPupina brenchleyi is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pupinidae. This species is endemic to Micronesia....
- Pupina complanataPupina complanataPupina complanata is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pupinidae. This species is found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia....
- Pupina coxeniPupina coxeniPupina coxeni is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pupinidae. This species is endemic to Australia....
- Pupina difficilisPupina difficilisPupina difficilis is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pupinidae. This species is endemic to Palau....
- Pupina pfeifferiPupina pfeifferiPupina pfeifferi is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pupinidae.This species is endemic to Australia....