Truncatella pulchella

Truncatella pulchella is a species of very small land snail that lives at the edge of the sea, a gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae. This species lives on coastlines in the tropical western Atlantic.

Truncatella pulchella
A shell of Truncatella pulchella[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Truncatellidae
Subfamily:
Truncatellinae
Genus:
Truncatella
Species:
T. pulchella
Binomial name
Truncatella pulchella
Pfeiffer, 1839
Synonyms
  • Truncatella bilabiata Pfeiffer, 1840
  • Acmea bilabiata (Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Truncatella capillacea Pfeiffer, 1859 [synonymy uncertain]
  • Truncatella bahamensis Clench & Turner, 1948
  • Truncatella floridana Hubricht, 1983

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m, and the maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]

References
  1. Walker B. (1928). "The terrestrial shell-bearing mollusca of Alabama". Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. Misc. Pub. 18, 180 pp. (as Truncatella bilabiata)
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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