Genus Nesopupa Pilsbry, 1900

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• Nesopupa Pilsbry, H.A. 1900. Notes on Polynesian and East Indian Pupidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1900: 431-433 [432].

  Type species:

   Pupa tantilla Gould, 1847 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Pilsbry, H.A. & Cooke, C.M. 1920. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae, Vertigininae). Ser. 2 Vol. 25 Pt 100 (April 1920). pp. 225-404 in Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. (eds). Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [274].
• Somniopupa Iredale, T. 1937. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 8: 287-333 [12 Mar. 1937] [305] [description inadequate for reliable identification, see Solem, A. 1991. Distribution and diversity patterns of Australian pupilloid land snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae, s.l.). Veliger 34(3): 233–252 (251)].

  Type species:

   Pupa (Vertigo) scotti Brazier, 1875 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Pilsbry, H.A. 1920. [title unknown]. In, Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A. (eds). Manual of Conchology. Series 2. Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences Vol. 26 254 pp. [222]; Solem, A. 1991. Distribution and diversity patterns of Australian pupilloid land snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae, s.l.). Veliger 34(3): 233-252.
• Westralcopta Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 2(1): 1-88 [published 1 Aug 1939; same text re-published 21 Aug.1939 in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25:1–88] [8].

  Type species:

   Pupa mooreana Smith, 1894 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [292] (for Nesopupa and Westralcopta; after Solem, A. 1988. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2: 455–604)
• 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. [567] (synonymy of Somniopupa)

 

Introduction

In Australia Nesopupa is confined to northern parts of the continent. The current understanding of the genus in Australia is poor and additional collections of material are needed.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Land masses of the Indo-Pacific. Tropical & southern Africa, India, SE Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, islands of the tropical Pacific and central America

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Shell minute, pupiform, dextral; sculpture of irregular axial threads and wrinkles; aperture with varying numbers of palatal and parietal teeth; lip reflected, umbilicus reduced to a chink. Colour golden-brown.

 

Diagnosis References

Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [475-479]

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. [106]

 

General References

Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [292]

Solem, A. 1989. Non-camaenid land snails of the Kimberley and Northern Territory, Australia. I. Systematics, affinities and ranges. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(4): 455-604 [475]

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2017. Australian Land Snails. Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 2 pp. 580. [for nomenclature purposes, all taxa described in this volume must be dated 2018] [62]

 

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. [106] (Golden Pupasnails)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Feb-2014	PUPILLIDAE	11-Feb-2014	MODIFIED
24-Jul-2012		24-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
27-Jun-2012		27-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)