Nesopupa alloia

Nesopupa alloia is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae the whorl snails.

Nesopupa alloia
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. alloia
Binomial name
Nesopupa alloia
Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920

This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States.

References
  1. Cowie R. & Pokryszko B. (1996). Nesopupa alloia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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