Truncatella vincentiana

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Truncatella vincentiana
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Five beach-worn shells of Truncatella vincentiana from South Australia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Truncatellidae
Genus: Truncatella
Species:
T. vincentiana
Binomial name
Truncatella vincentiana
Cotton, 1942

Truncatella vincentiana is a species of very small land snail that lives next to saltwater, a gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellidae.

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Distribution and habitat

This small snail is endemic to southern and southwestern Australia, including Tasmania. It lives in the intertidal zone, on mud flats.

Description

The average shell length is 5 mm.

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