Galapagos Species Database
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Nesopupa galapagensis
Description (shell): Shell nearly cylindrical, cylindrical-oval or oval, whorls convex, sutures deep, particularly so in the cylindrical specimens; the last whorl ascends upon the penultimate one prior to the aperture; slightly in the oval specimens, more distinctly in the cylindrical ones; the umbilicus is minute; the aperture is oval-triangular with a notch on the outer lip formed by the inward and forward projecting middle part of the outer lip; the lips are slightly reflected; the parietal wall is covered by a weak callus that connects the origin of the outer and inner lips; corresponding to the lip swelling there is a weak and wide annular crest on the outside of the shell; 1,9 × 1.1 mm (Vagvolgyi 1974).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Superfamily
Nesopupinae
Family
Vertiginidae
Genus
Nesopupa
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Subgenus: Infranesopupa
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santiago Island (Miquel & Herrera, 2014).
- Miquel, S.E. Herrera, W.H. (2014) Catalogue of terrestrial gastropods from Galapagos (exept Bulimulidae and Succineidae) with description of a new species of Ambrosiella odhner (Achatinellidae) Molluskenfunde 143 (2) 107-133
- Vagvolgyi, J. (1974) Nesopupa galapagensis, a New Indo-Pacific element in the land snail fauna of the Galapagos Islands (Pulmonata: Vertiginidae). The Nautilus 88(3): 86-89.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Nesopupa galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7491. Accessed 31 October 2026.