Truncatella subcylindrica
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| Truncatella subcylindrica | |
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| Two live individuals of Truncatella subcylindrica: a juvenile on the left, and an adult on the right | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Truncatellidae |
| Genus: | Truncatella |
| Species: | T. subcylindrica |
| Binomial name | |
| Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
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Truncatella subcylindrica is a species of small land snail that lives at the edge of the sea. It has gills and an operculum and is gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellidae.[1]
This species of snail has a shell which is light in color, and which can reach 5 mm in length.[2]
Like all other species in this genus, the shell loses its apical whorls as it grows, giving it a truncated and cylindrical appearance.[3][2]
Distribution
This snail is native to areas of the northeastern Atlantic coastline, from Morocco and the Mediterranean coast to the Black Sea.[2] This native distribution includes Great Britain.
There are also some early records from the late 1800s for the eastern United States, on the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, where it was presumably introduced.[2]
