Nesopupa kauaiensis

Nesopupa kauaiensis 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 Hawaii in the United States.

Nesopupa kauaiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Vertiginidae
Subfamily:
Nesopupinae
Genus:
Nesopupa
Species:
N. kauaiensis
Binomial name
Nesopupa kauaiensis
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920

References
  1. Cowie, R.; Pokryszko, B. (1996). "Nesopupa kauaiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14691A4456031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14691A4456031.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.


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