Truncatella scalarina
| Truncatella scalarina | |
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| Two shells of Truncatella scalarina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Truncatellidae |
| Genus: | Truncatella |
| Species: | T. scalarina |
| 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.
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