Truncatella scalarina
Appearance
Truncatella scalarina | |
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Two shells of Truncatella scalarina | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Truncatellidae |
Genus: | Truncatella |
Species: | T. scalarina
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Binomial name | |
Truncatella scalarina Cox, 1867 [1]
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Synonyms | |
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Truncatella scalarina is a species of very small land snail that lives next to seawater, a gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellidae.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This small snail is endemic to southeastern Australia: New South Wales and Tasmania. It lives at and above the high tide level, in and under debris.
Description
[edit]The average shell length is 8 mm.
References
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