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Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00177

Nesopupa wesleyana

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Nesopupa wesleyana — source-informed Atlas ecological reconstruction; not a specimen photograph or evidence of current abundance.
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About Nesopupa wesleyana

Bishop Museum HBS pages for N. wesleyana subspp. rhadina and tryphera explicitly list Kauai.

WoRMS AphiaID 1508992 accepts Nesopupa wesleyana; subspecies are rolled up only to the accepted species.

Terrestrial taxon; marine depth filter does not apply.

Two Bishop Museum island-checklist treatments independently support the historical Kauaʻi species concept.

Names and classification

Scientific name
Nesopupa wesleyana
Other names
Nesopupa wesleyana · Nesopupa wesleyana subsp. rhadina; Nesopupa wesleyana subsp. tryphera
Record type
species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence
historical Kauaʻi checklist/specimen concept; living persistence not established
Origin
Origin not inferred from occurrence census
Conservation status
Not assessed
Evidence limits
Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.

Habitat and ecology

Habitats
Land

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description
Nesopupa wesleyana is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Two Bishop Museum island-checklist treatments independently support the historical Kauaʻi species concept.

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