Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Vertiginidae Scientific name Nesopupa turtoni | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Pupilloidea Subfamily Nesopupinae Rank Species | |
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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