Truncatella pulchella is a species of very small land snail that lives at the edge of the sea, a gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae. This species lives on coastlines in the tropical western Atlantic.

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Truncatella pulchella
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A shell of Truncatella pulchella[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Truncatellidae
Genus: Truncatella
Species:
T. pulchella
Binomial name
Truncatella pulchella
Pfeiffer, 1839
Synonyms
  • Truncatella bilabiata Pfeiffer, 1840
  • Acmea bilabiata (Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Truncatella capillacea Pfeiffer, 1859 [synonymy uncertain]
  • Truncatella bahamensis Clench & Turner, 1948
  • Truncatella floridana Hubricht, 1983
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Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m, and the maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]

References

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