Biology:Truncatella californica

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Truncatella californica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Truncatellidae
Genus: Truncatella
Species:
T. californica
Binomial name
Truncatella californica
Pfeiffer, 1857 [1]

Truncatella californica, common name of the Californian truncatella, is a species of very small amphibious (between sea and land) snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae.

This species occurs on coastlines in the Eastern Pacific: in California and Baja California, Mexico. The adult size of the shell is 6 millimetres (0.24 in).[2]

Life Cycle and Mating Behavior

Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Embryos develop into planktonic trochophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3142628 entry