Species Nesopuparia norfolkensis (Sykes, 1900)
Norfolk Island Pupasnail
Compiler and date details
July 2012 - Dr John Stanisic
- Vertigo norfolkensis Sykes, E.R. 1900. Non-marine Mollusca of Norfolk and Phillip Is. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 4: 139-147 [Oct. 1900] [145].
Generic Combinations
- Nesopuparia norfolkensis (Sykes, 1900). —
Pilsbry, H.A. 1926. in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences Ser. 2 Vol. 27 369 pp. [Mar. 1926] [227]
Introduction
Nesopuparia norfolkensis is the larger and more widespread of two species of pupillid found on Norfolk Island. The species is distinguished by having a broad, sinistrally coiled shell sculptured with numerous coarse axial ribs and having an aperture with several strongly developed barriers. The shell is usually encrusted with dirt.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
Other Regions
Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Rainforest, tree trunks.
Extra Ecological Information
Broadleaf and palm rainforest
Diagnosis
Shell very small, golden brown, ovately conical, sinistral; sculpture of coarse, sinuous, rather irregular oblique axial ribs on a malleated surface; aperture subquadrate with eight barriers: a sinuous angular, lamellate parietal, small infraparietal, horizontal columellar, knob-like infracolumellar, large upper and lower palatals and a small suprapalatal; umbilicus tiny; height 3.6mm.
Diagnosis References
General References
Iredale, T. 1945. The land Mollusca of Norfolk Island. The Australian Zoologist 11: 46-71 [52]
Common Name References
Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [108] (Norfolk Island Pupasnail)
History of changes
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