| Nesopupa | |
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| Shell of Nesopupa paivae (Syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Pupilloidei |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Genus: | Nesopupa Pilsbry, 1900 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Pupa (Vertigo) tantillaA. Gould, 1847 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Nesopupa is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Nesopupinae of the family Vertiginidae. [2]
Nesopupa is the type genus of the subfamily Nesopupinae within the Vertiginidae. [3]
The distribution of the genus Nesopupa includes Hawaii, Federated States of Micronesia, [4] Palau, [5] Guam, [6] the Cook Islands, [7] Mauritius, [8] Réunion [9] and Saint Helena. [10]
Species within the genus Nesopupa include:
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