Nesopupa turtoni
| Nesopupa turtoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | Vertiginidae
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| Species: | N. turtoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Nesopupa turtoni Smith, 1892
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Nesopupa turtoni is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. This species is Endemic to Saint Helena island; it was thought to be extinct[1] until its rediscovery in 2003.[2]
The shell of this species is up to 2.5 mm long and 1.2 mm wide, with a short, stout, sub-cylindrical shell and a squarish aperture.
References[]
- ^ a b Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Nesopupa turtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14681A4455670. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14681A4455670.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ http://kidstonmill.org.uk/docs/files%201-5%20together.pdf[dead link]
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