Nesopupa Explained

Nesopupa is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Nesopupinae of the family Vertiginidae.^[1]

Nesopupa is the type genus of the subfamily Nesopupinae within the Vertiginidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Nesopupa includes Hawaii, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Guam, the Cook Islands, Mauritius, Réunion and Saint Helena.

Species

Species within the genus Nesopupa include:

• Nesopupa alloia Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa anceyana Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa armata (Pease, 1871)
• Nesopupa bacca Pease, 1871 (taxon inquirendum)
• Nesopupa baldwini Ancey, 1904
• Nesopupa bishopi Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa cocosensis (Dall, 1900)^[2]
• Nesopupa comorensis Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa dentifera (Pease, 1871)
• Nesopupa dispersa Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa dubitabilis Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa eapensis (Boettger, 1881)^[3]
• Nesopupa forbesi Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa galapagensis Vagvolgyi, 1974
• Nesopupa godeffroyi (Boettger, 1881)
• Nesopupa gonioplax Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa hackerae Stanisic, 2010
• Nesopupa incerta (G. Nevill, 1870)
• Nesopupa infrequens Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa kauaiensis Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa limatula Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa litoralis Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920^[4]
• Nesopupa maaseni Altena, 1975
• Nesopupa madgei Peile, 1936^[5]
• Nesopupa mariei (Crosse, 1871)
• Nesopupa micra Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa moellendorffi (O. Boettger, 1890)
• Nesopupa mokaensis Kennard, 1943
• Nesopupa moluccana (O. Boettger, 1891)
• Nesopupa moreleti (A. D. Brown, 1870)
• Nesopupa morini Madge, 1938
• Nesopupa nannodes (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1898)
• Nesopupa newcombi Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa novopommerana I. Rensch, 1932
• Nesopupa oahuensis Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa paivae (J.C.H. Crosse, 1865)^[6]
• Nesopupa pleurophora (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Nesopupa plicifera Ancey, 1904 (taxon inquirendum)^[7]
• Nesopupa ponapica (Möllendorff, 1900)^[8]
• Nesopupa proscripta (E. A. Smith, 1905)
• Nesopupa quadrasi (Möllendorff, 1894)^[9]
• Nesopupa rarotonga Brook, 2010^[10]
• Nesopupa scotti (Brazier, 1875)
• Nesopupa singularis Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa subcentralis Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920
• Nesopupa tantilla (A. Gould, 1847)
• Nesopupa tenimberica Haas, 1937
• Nesopupa thaanumi Ancey, 1904^[11]
• Nesopupa turtoni Smith, 1892^[12]
• Nesopupa vinsoni Madge, 1946
• Nesopupa waianensis Cooke & Pilsbry, 1920^[13]
• Nesopupa wesleyana Ancey, 1904
• Nesopupa yamagutii Kuroda, 1941

Synonyms

• Nesopupa bandulana Connolly, 1922: synonym of Vertigo bandulana (Connolly, 1922) (original combination)
• Nesopupa bisulcata (Jickeli, 1873): synonym of Afripupa bisulcata (Jickeli, 1873): synonym of Vertigo bisulcata (Jickeli, 1873) (superseded combination)
• Nesopupa corrugata (Preston, 1912): synonym of Insulipupa corrugata (Preston, 1912)
• Nesopupa decaryi Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965: synonym of Nesopupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881): synonym of Insulipupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881) (junior synonym)
• Nesopupa dedecora Pilsbry, 1902: synonym of Vertigo (Vertilla) dedecora (Pilsbry, 1902) represented as Vertigo dedecora (Pilsbry, 1902) (original combination)
• Nesopupa densistriata Adam, 1954: synonym of Afripupa densestriata (Adam, 1954) (original combination)
• Nesopupa farquhari Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Vertigo farquhari Pilsbry, 1917 (original name)
• Nesopupa ganzae W. Adam, 1954: synonym of Insulipupa ganzae W. Adam, 1954 (original combination)
• Nesopupa griqualandica (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893): synonym of Vertigo griqualandica (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) (superseded combination)
• Nesopupa insularis (Dartevelle, 1952): synonym of Insulipupa insularis (Dartevelle, 1952)
• Nesopupa kanongae Adam, 1954: synonym of Afripupa kanongae (Adam, 1954)
• Nesopupa malayana (Issel, 1874): synonym of Insulipupa malayana (Issel, 1874)
• Nesopupa minor (O. Boettger, 1870) †: synonym of Vertigo minor O. Boettger, 1870 † (new combination not accepted)
• Nesopupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881): synonym of Insulipupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881)
• Nesopupa peilei Madge, 1938: synonym of Insulipupa peilei (Madge, 1938) (original combination)
• Nesopupa petiti Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic, 1971: synonym of Nesopupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881): synonym of Insulipupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881) (junior synonym)
• Nesopupa rodriguezensis Connolly, 1925:^[14] synonym of Afripupa rodriguezensis (Connolly, 1925)
• Nesopupa tamagonari Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904: synonym of Vertigo (Vertilla) dedecora (Pilsbry, 1902) represented as Vertigo dedecora (Pilsbry, 1902) (junior synonym)
• Nesopupa vengoensis Connolly, 1925: synonym of Afripupa vengoensis (Connolly, 1925) (original combination)
• Nesopupa ventricosa (H. Adams, 1867): synonym of Nesopupa mokaensis Kennard, 1943 (junior homonym, non Draparnaud, 1801)
• Nesopupa waterloti Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965: synonym of Nesopupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881): synonym of Insulipupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881) (junior synonym)

External links

• Pilsbry, H. A. (1900). Notes on Polynesian and East Indian Pupidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 52: 431-433
• Iredale, T. (1939). A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 2(1): 1-88, pls 1-5
• Boettger, O. (1881). Die Pupa-Arten Oceaniens. Conchologische Mittheilungen. 1 (4): 45-72, pl. 10-12. Cassel (Th. Fischer)
• Adams, H. (1867). Descriptions of new species of shells collected by Geoffrey Nevill, Esq., at Mauritius. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867: 303-307, pl. 19
• Iredale T. (1937). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist. 8(4): 287-333

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nesopupa Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818411 on 2021-09-30
2. Web site: Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica. Barrientos. Z.. 2003. revistas.ucr.ac.cr. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190903011914/https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/26388/26575. 2019-09-03. 2019-09-08.
3. Mollusc Specialist Group . 1996 . Nesopupa eapensis . 1996 . e.T14679A4455576 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14679A4455576.en . 16 November 2021.
4. https://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/3783051210.htm World wide Mollusc Species Data Base: Nesopupa litoralis
5. Griffiths, O. . 1996 . Nesopupa madgei . 1996 . e.T14694A4456136 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14694A4456136.en . 16 November 2021.
6. https://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/5654000194.htm World wide Mollusc Species Data Base: Nesopupa paivae
7. https://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/3783051310.htm World wide Mollusc Species Data Base: Nesopupa plicifera
8. Mollusc Specialist Group . 1996 . Nesopupa ponapica . 1996 . e.T14704A4456961 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14704A4456961.en . 16 November 2021.
9. Mollusc Specialist Group . 1996 . Nesopupa quadrasi . 1996 . e.T14680A4455623 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14680A4455623.en . 16 November 2021.
10. Brook F. J. (2010). "Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences". Tuhinga: records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 21: 161-252. abstract.
11. https://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/3783051350.htm World wide Mollusc Species Data Base: Nesopupa thaanumi
12. Mollusc Specialist Group . 1996 . Nesopupa turtoni . 1996 . e.T14681A4455670 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14681A4455670.en . 16 November 2021.
13. https://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/3783051360.htm World wide Mollusc Species Data Base: Nesopupa waianaensis
14. Griffiths, O. . 1996 . Nesopupa rodriguezensis . 1996 . e.T14698A4456272 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14698A4456272.en . 16 November 2021.