Truncatellina cylindrica

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Truncatellina cylindrica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Chondrinoidea
Family: Truncatellinidae
Genus: Truncatellina
Species:
T. cylindrica
Binomial name
Truncatellina cylindrica
(A. Férussac, 1807)
Synonyms
  • Helix minutaO. F. Müller, 1774
  • Isthmia rothiReinhardt, 1916 (original combination)
  • Pupa (Pupilla) minutissima (Hartmann, 1821) (junior synonym)
  • Pupa miculaMousson, 1876 (junior synonym)
  • Pupa minutissimaHartmann, 1821 · (junior synonym)
  • Truncatellina arcyensisW. Klemm, 1943 (junior synonym)
  • Truncatellina cylindrica var. costigerellaLindholm, 1926
  • Truncatellina rothi(Reinhardt, 1916) junior subjective synonym
  • Truncatellina tauricolaLindholm, 1926 (a junior synonym)
  • Vertigo cylindricaA. Férussac, 1807 (original name)
  • Vertigo pupulaHeld, 1837 (junior synonym)

Truncatellina cylindrica is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellinidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 1 mm. The width ranges from 0.91-1.01 mm. The height spans 1.80-2.24 mm. The shell notably has shallow sutures and a low, flat whorl. The species lacks apertural teeth. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European countries and islands including:

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Truncatellina cylindrica (J. B. Férussac, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426421 on 2022-11-07
  2. ↑ Holyoak, D. T., Holyoak, G. A., & Torres Alba, J. S. (2012). A reassessment of the species of Truncatellina (Gastropoda:Vertiginidae) in the Iberian Peninsula and North-west Africa. Iberus, 30(2): 7-33.
  3. ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
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