Truncatella pulchella | |
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A shell of Truncatella pulchella | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Truncatellidae |
Genus: | Truncatella |
Species: | T. pulchella |
Binomial name | |
Truncatella pulchella Pfeiffer, 1839 | |
Synonyms | |
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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:
- Florida
- Caribbean coast of Mexico
- Bermuda
- Bahamas
- Cuba
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico
- Virgin Islands
- Brazil
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 6.5 mm.
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m, and the maximum recorded depth is 0 m.
References
- Walker B. (1928). "The terrestrial shell-bearing mollusca of Alabama". Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. Misc. Pub. 18, 180 pp. (as Truncatella bilabiata)
- ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Truncatella pulchella |
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