Biology:Truncatella scalarina
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Truncatella scalarina | |
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Two shells of Truncatella scalarina | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Truncatellidae |
Genus: | Truncatella |
Species: | T. scalarina
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Binomial name | |
Truncatella scalarina Cox, 1867 [1]
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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
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
The average shell length is 8 mm.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q7847929 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncatella scalarina.
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