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Truncatella californica

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Truncatella californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Truncatellidae
Subfamily:
Truncatellinae
Genus:
Truncatella
Species:
T. californica
Binomial name
Truncatella californica
Pfeiffer, 1857 [1]

Truncatella californica, common name the Californian truncatella, is a species of very small amphibious (between sea and land) snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae.

This species occurs on coastlines in the Eastern Pacific: in California and Baja California, Mexico. The adult size of the shell is 6 millimetres (0.24 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ Gary Rosenberg (2011). "Truncatella californica Pfeiffer, 1857". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "Distribution". Gastropods.com. Retrieved April 25, 2012.


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