Truncatella marginata

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Truncatella marginata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Truncatellidae
Genus: Truncatella
Species:
T. marginata
Binomial name
Truncatella marginata
Küster, 1855
Synonyms

Truncatella ceylanica (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
Truncatella teres (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
Truncatella pellucida (Dohrn, 1860)
Truncatella labiosa (Souverbie, 1862)
Truncatella semicostulata (Jickeli, 1874)

Contents

Truncatella marginata is a species of a very small somewhat amphibious land snail with a gill and an operculum, a semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellidae, the truncatella snails or looping snails.

Description

T. marginata was first described in 1855 by German malacologist Heinrich Carl Küster. [1]

Distribution

T.marginata is found in countries around the Indian Ocean, including Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Malaysia.

Habitat

These tiny snails live in damp habitat (under rotting vegetation) that is very close to the edge of the sea; they can tolerate being washed with saltwater during especially high tides. These snails are sometimes listed as land snails and at other times they are listed as marine snails. [2]

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References

  1. Küster, H. C. (1855). Die Gattungen Truncatella und Paludinella. In: Kobelt, W., Ed. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes dreiundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 23 (148): 1-20, pls 1-2. Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34258237
  2. Truncatella marginata Küster, 1855 . WoRMS (2010). Truncatella marginata Reeve, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527383 on 14 August 2010 .