Nesopupa turtoni
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | N. turtoni
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| 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
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Nesopupa turtoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ^ http://kidstonmill.org.uk/docs/files%201-5%20together.pdf [dead link]
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