Truncatella subcylindrica

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Truncatella subcylindrica - Wikipedia

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Truncatella subcylindrica

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
Genus:	Truncatella
Species:	T. subcylindrica
Binomial name
*Truncatella subcylindrica* (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Albertisia punica Issel, 1880 Cyclostoma concinnum Scacchi, 1836 Cyclostoma truncatulum Draparnaud, 1801 Fidelis theresa Risso, 1826 Glaucothoe montaguana Leach, 1852 Helix subcylindrica Linnaeus, 1767 Paludina desnoyersii Payraudeau, 1826 † Paludina truncatuloides Serres, 1853 (junior subjective synonym) Truncatella costulata Risso, 1826 Truncatella debilis Mousson, 1873 Truncatella desnoyersii (Payraudeau, 1826) Truncatella laevigata Risso, 1826 Truncatella lowei Shuttleworth, 1852 Truncatella microlena Monterosato, 1878 Truncatella montagui R. T. Lowe, 1832 Truncatella punctata Monterosato, 1878 Truncatella subcylindrica var. sublaevigata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 Truncatella truncatula (Draparnaud, 1801) (junior synonym) Turbo subtruncatus Montagu, 1803 Turbo truncatus Montagu, 1803 † Zua petraea Locard, 1894 junior subjective synonym † Zua praecursor Locard, 1894 junior subjective synonym

Truncatella subcylindrica is a species of small land snail that lives at the edge of the sea. It has gills and an operculum and is gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellidae. ^[1]

Description

This species of snail has a shell which is light in color, and which can reach 5 mm in length.^[2]

Like all other species in this genus, the shell loses its apical whorls as it grows, giving it a truncated and cylindrical appearance.^[3]^[2]

Distribution

This snail is native to areas of the northeastern Atlantic coastline, from Morocco and the Mediterranean coast to the Black Sea.^[2] This native distribution includes Great Britain.

There are also some early records from the late 1800s for the eastern United States, on the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, where it was presumably introduced.^[2]

Habitat

This species is found in marine coastal environments, near or just above the high tide line on stones and pebbles, fine sediments and decomposing vegetation.^[2] It prefers the edge of sheltered waters where the salinity is at 18–40 psu.^[2]^[3]

Life cycle

The sexes are separate.^[2] Fertilized eggs are laid as egg capsules, which are attached to detritus.^[2]^[3]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference^[2]

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141850 on 2022-11-06
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Benson A. (2008). "Truncatella subcylindrica". USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. Revision Date: 22 April 2004.
^ ^a ^b ^c White N. (1999). Truncatella subcylindrica. Looping snail. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 19 June 2003]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/1206. (link not available 20 October 2008, cited from USGS)

Locard, A. (1894). Description des mollusques quaternaires nouveaux recueillis aux environs de Crémieu (Isère) par M. le Dr Jaquemet. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon (N.S.). 41: 201-220.
Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.

External links

Media related to Truncatella subcylindrica at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Truncatella subcylindrica	Wikidata: Q3140603 BOLD: 654629 CoL: 7CWT9 EoL: 462277 EPPO: TRNLSU EUNIS: 61850 Fauna Europaea: 431091 Fauna Europaea (new): 24245db9-efc5-480b-beab-72ca59cffda6 GBIF: 5192721 iNaturalist: 336741 IRMNG: 11426821 ISC: 117676 ITIS: 70720 NBN: NBNSYS0000022324 NCBI: 55853 OBIS: 141850 Open Tree of Life: 226928 SeaLifeBase: 3614 WoRMS: 141850

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