Truncatella pulchella
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A shell of Truncatella pulchella[1] | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Family: | Truncatellidae
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Species: | T. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Truncatella pulchella Pfeiffer, 1839
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Truncatella pulchella is a species of very small land snail that lives at the edge of the sea, a gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae. This species lives on coastlines in the tropical western Atlantic.
Distribution[]
The distribution of this species includes: [1]
- Florida
- Caribbean coast of Mexico
- Bermuda
- Bahamas
- Cuba
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico
- Virgin Islands
- Brazil
Description[]
The maximum recorded shell length is 6.5 mm.[2]
Habitat[]
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m, and the maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]
References[]
- ^ Walker B. (1928). "The terrestrial shell-bearing mollusca of Alabama". Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. Misc. Pub. 18, 180 pp. (as Truncatella bilabiata)
- ^ a b Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
External links[]
- Truncatella pulchella. Malacolog.
Categories:
- Truncatellidae
- Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
- Taxa named by Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer
- Gastropods described in 1839
- Hypsogastropoda stubs