Retusa truncatula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Retusidae |
Genus: | Retusa |
Species: | R. truncatula |
Binomial name | |
Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Bulla pellucidaBrown, 1827
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Retusa truncatula is a species of very small head-shield sea snail or barrel-bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Retusidae [1]
The subspecies Retusa truncatula var. mammilata: is a synonym of Retusa mammillata (Philippi, 1836)
The shell is minute with a flattened spire and longitudinal striations. The colour of the living animal is white. The adult length is usually less than 4 mm. [2]
This species occurs in South Africa, from False Bay to Durban in shallow estuaries. It is also known from northern Europe, the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands. [2]
This small sea snail lives from the intertidal zone to just below the low water mark. It burrows in the mud or sand of tidal marshes, and feeds on foraminiferans. [2]
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