Truncatella californica
Truncatella californica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Truncatellidae |
Subfamily: | Truncatellinae |
Genus: | Truncatella |
Species: | T. californica |
Binomial name | |
Truncatella californica Pfeiffer, 1857 [1] | |
Truncatella californica, common name 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]
References
- ↑ Gary Rosenberg (2011). "Truncatella californica Pfeiffer, 1857". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ↑ "Distribution". Gastropods.com. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
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