Biology:Nesopupa turtoni

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Nesopupa turtoni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vertiginidae
Genus: Nesopupa
Species:
N. turtoni
Binomial name
Nesopupa turtoni
Smith, 1892

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

Wikidata ☰ Q4860891 entry