Pupisoma
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| Pupisoma | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Pupisoma vermeuleni (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Pupilloidei |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Valloniidae |
| Genus: | Pupisoma Stoliczka 1873[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pupa lignicola Stolizcka, 1871 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pupisoma is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae.[3][4]
Pupisoma is placed within Valloniidae because Pupisomatidae is considered to be a synonym of Valloniidae.[3]