Truncatella pulchella

Truncatella pulchella
	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
	Truncatella bilabiata Pfeiffer, 1840; Acmea bilabiata (Pfeiffer, 1840); Truncatella capillacea Pfeiffer, 1859 [synonymy uncertain]; Truncatella bahamensis Clench & Turner, 1948; Truncatella floridana Hubricht, 1983;

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[edit]

The distribution of this species includes: [1]

Description[edit]

The maximum recorded shell length is 6.5 mm.^[2]

Habitat[edit]

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m, and the maximum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2]

References[edit]

^ 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[edit]

Truncatella pulchella. Malacolog.

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[1] Walker B. (1928). "The terrestrial shell-bearing mollusca of Alabama". Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. Misc. Pub. 18, 180 pp. (as Truncatella bilabiata)

[Welch_2010-2] 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.

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