Nesopupa turtoni

Nesopupa turtoni is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. This species is Endemic to Saint Helena island; it was thought to be extinct^[1] until its rediscovery in 2003.^[2]

Nesopupa turtoni
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Vertiginidae
Genus:	Nesopupa
Species:	†N. turtoni
Binomial name
†Nesopupa turtoni Smith, 1892

The shell of this species is up to 2.5 mm long and 1.2 mm wide, with a short, stout, sub-cylindrical shell and a squarish aperture.