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Nesopupa (Insulipupa) peilei : Madge 1938

Description

Nesopupa (Insulipupa) peilei Madge, 1938

Fig.12 Nesopupa peilei: Madge 1938: 16, pl. 3, fig. 2 (Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius; 2.1× 1.1 mm).

A common species on the Mascarene Islands, where it appears to be restricted to the coastal and drier areas inland (Griffiths & Florens 2006: 85). A single shell found on Cabo Delgado. Can be separated from the following species by the less elongated shell.

Notes

Published as part of Muratov, Igor V., 2010, Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique, pp. 255 in African Invertebrates 51 (2) on page 264, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0203, http://zenodo.org/record/7913493

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Vertiginidae
Genus
Nesopupa
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Stylommatophora
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
: Madge
Species
peilei
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Nesopupa (Insulipupa) peilei Madge, 1938 sec. Muratov, 2010

References

  • MADGE, E. H. 1938. Notes on some Mollusca of Mauritius, with descriptions of four new species. Mauritius Institute Bulletin 1 (3): 15 - 29.
  • GRIFFITHS, O. L. & FLORENS, V. F. B. 2006. A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Reunion and the Northern Dependencies of Mauritius). Mauritius: Bioculture Press.