Nesopupa rarotonga

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pupilloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Tectipleura Subcohors: Panpulmonata Superordo: Eupulmonata Ordo: Stylommatophora Subordo: Helicina Infraordo: Pupilloidei Superfamilia: Pupilloidea

Familia: Vertiginidae
Subfamilia: Nesopupinae
Genus: Nesopupa
Species: Nesopupa rarotonga

Name

• Nesopupa rarotonga Brook, 2010
  • Original status: valid species [source: Brook (2010: 187)]
  • Primary type: holotype (designated) (NMNZ M.290125) [source: Brook (2010: 188)]
  • Type locality: 'Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Matavera, fossils in sandy coral rubble (21°13.236'S, 159°44.014'W)' [source: Brook (2010: 188)]
  • Secondary types: 13 paratypes (designated) (BPBM, NMNZ) [source: Brook (2010: 188)]

References

cited sources

• Brook, F.J. 2010: Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. Tuhinga, 21: 161–252. abstract and pdf

Additional references

• Brook, F.J.; Walter, R.K.; Craig, J.A. 2010: Changes in the terrestrial molluscan fauna of Miti‘äro, southern Cook Islands. Tuhinga, 21: 75–98. abstract and pdf