Truncatella | |
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Two live individuals of Truncatella subcylindrica: a juvenile on the left, and an adult on the right | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Truncatellidae |
Subfamily: | Truncatellinae |
Genus: | Truncatella Risso, 1826[1] |
Truncatella is a genus of very small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Truncatellidae. These minute snails live in land habitats close to seawater. They walk with a looping action, and the adults have truncated shells. Many of the species are small enough to be considered micromollusks.
Truncatella is the type genus of the family Truncatellidae.[2]