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| Truncatella marginata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Truncatellidae |
| Genus: | Truncatella |
| Species: | T. marginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Truncatella marginata Küster, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Truncatella ceylanica (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) | |
Truncatella marginata is a species of a very small somewhat amphibious land snail with a gill and an operculum, a semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellidae, the truncatella snails or looping snails.
Description
[edit]T. marginata was first described in 1855 by German malacologist Heinrich Carl Küster.[1]
Distribution
[edit]T.marginata is found in countries around the Indian Ocean, including Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Malaysia.
Habitat
[edit]These tiny snails live in damp habitat (under rotting vegetation) that is very close to the edge of the sea; they can tolerate being washed with saltwater during especially high tides. These snails are sometimes listed as land snails and at other times they are listed as marine snails.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Küster, H. C. (1855). Die Gattungen Truncatella und Paludinella. In: Kobelt, W., Ed. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes dreiundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 23 (148): 1-20, pls 1-2. Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34258237
- ↑ Truncatella marginata Küster, 1855. WoRMS (2010). Truncatella marginata Reeve, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527383 on 14 August 2010 .