Nesopupa
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Nesopupa is a genus
of very small air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae
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Nesopupa is the type genus
of the subfamily Nesopupinae within Vertiginidae.
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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 very small air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, 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...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Distribution :...
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Nesopupa is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the subfamily Nesopupinae within Vertiginidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Nesopupa includes Hawaii, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Guam, the Cook Islands, Mauritius, Réunion and Saint HelenaSaint Helena
Saint Helena , named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha...
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Species
Species within the genus Nesopupa include:- Nesopupa alloiaNesopupa alloiaNesopupa alloia is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae.This species is endemic to Hawaii, the United States....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa anceyanaNesopupa anceyanaNesopupa anceyana is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa baccaNesopupa baccaNesopupa bacca is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Pease, 1871 - Nesopupa baldwiniNesopupa baldwiniNesopupa baldwini is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Ancey, 1904 - Nesopupa bishopiNesopupa bishopiNesopupa bishopi is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa dispersaNesopupa dispersaNesopupa dispersa is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa dubitabilisNesopupa dubitabilisNesopupa dubitabilis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa eapensisNesopupa eapensisNesopupa eapensis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pupillidae. This species is endemic to Palau....
- Nesopupa forbesiNesopupa forbesiNesopupa forbesi is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa infrequensNesopupa infrequensNesopupa infrequens is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa kauaiensisNesopupa kauaiensisNesopupa kauaiensis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa limatulaNesopupa limatulaNesopupa limatula is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii.- External links :* . NatureServe Explorer...
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa litoralisNesopupa litoralisNesopupa litoralis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa madgeiNesopupa madgeiNesopupa madgei is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae. This species is found in the islands of Mauritius and Réunion....
Peile, 1936 - Nesopupa newcombiNesopupa newcombiNesopupa newcombi is a species of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa oahuensisNesopupa oahuensisNesopupa oahuensis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pupillidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa pliciferaNesopupa pliciferaNesopupa plicifera is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to the United States....
Ancey, 1904 - Nesopupa ponapicaNesopupa ponapicaNesopupa ponapica is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to the Federated States of Micronesia....
(Möllendorff, 1900) - Nesopupa quadrasiNesopupa quadrasiNesopupa quadrasi is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Guam....
- Nesopupa rarotonga Brook, 2010
- Nesopupa rodriguezensisNesopupa rodriguezensisNesopupa rodriguezensis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Connolly, 1925 - Nesopupa singularisNesopupa singularisNesopupa singularis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, the United States....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa subcentralisNesopupa subcentralisNesopupa subcentralis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.This species is endemic to Hawaii, the United States....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa thaanumiNesopupa thaanumiNesopupa thaanumi is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.This species is endemic to Hawaii, the United States....
Ancey, 1904 - Nesopupa turtoniNesopupa turtoniNesopupa turtoni is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae. Endemic to Saint Helena island, this species was thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in 2003....
Smith, 1892 - Nesopupa waianensisNesopupa waianensisNesopupa waianensis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920 - Nesopupa wesleyanaNesopupa wesleyanaNesopupa wesleyana is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.This species is endemic to Hawaii, the United States....
Ancey, 1904