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Truncatella scalarina

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Truncatella scalarina
Two shells of Truncatella scalarina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Truncatellidae
Genus: Truncatella
Species:
T. scalarina
Binomial name
Truncatella scalarina
Cox, 1867 [1]
Synonyms
  • Margarita (Minolia) tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877
  • Minolia tasmanica Pilsbry, 1889

Truncatella scalarina is a species of very small land snail that lives next to seawater, a gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellidae.

Distribution and habitat

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This small snail is endemic to southeastern Australia: New South Wales and Tasmania. It lives at and above the high tide level, in and under debris.

Description

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The average shell length is 8 mm.

References

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