Truncatella guerinii

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Truncatella guerinii
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Truncatella guerinii Villa & Villa, 1841
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Truncatellidae
Genus: Truncatella
Species:
T. guerinii
Binomial name
Truncatella guerinii
A. & J. Villa, 1841
Synonyms
  • Truncatella (Taheitia) amamiensisKuroda & Habe, 1961
  • Truncatella aurantiaA. Gould, 1847
  • Truncatella concinnaPease, 1871
  • Truncatella cristataCrosse, 1868 d
  • Truncatella fasciataTapparone Canefri, 1886
  • Truncatella ferrugineaCox, 1868
  • Truncatella pacificaPease, 1868
  • Truncatella validaL. Pfeiffer, 1846 (junior synonym)
  • Truncatella vitianaA. Gould, 1847
  • Truncatella yorkensis Cox, 1868
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Juvenile

Truncatella guerinii is a species of very small land snail that lives at the edge of the sea, a gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm.

Distribution

This species has a wide distribution:

Japan, Pratas Island, Taiwan, [3] the Philippines, Thailand, Micronesia, New Caledonia; also off Madagascar.

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References

  1. Rundell, R.J. (2012). "Truncatella guerinii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T22383A2782026. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T22383A2782026.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Truncatella guerinii A. Villa & J. B. Villa, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527391 on 2022-11-06
  3. Wu, S.-P.; Hwang, C.-C.; Huang, H.-M.; Chang, H.-W.; Lin, Y.-S.; Lee, P.-F. (2007). "Land Molluscan Fauna of the Dongsha Island with Twenty New Recorded Species". Taiwania. 52 (2): 145–151. doi:10.6165/tai.2007.52(2).145.