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Nesopupa turtoni

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Scientific name
  
Nesopupa turtoni

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Pupilloidea

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Nesopupinae

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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 until its rediscovery in 2003.

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.

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Nesopupa turtoni Wikipedia


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