Truncatella guerinii

Truncatella guerinii
Truncatella guerinii Villa & Villa, 1841
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Truncatellidae
Genus: Truncatella
Species:
T. guerinii
Binomial name
Truncatella guerinii
A. & J. Villa, 1841
Synonyms
  • Truncatella (Taheitia) amamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1961
  • Truncatella aurantia A. Gould, 1847
  • Truncatella concinna Pease, 1871
  • Truncatella cristata Crosse, 1868 d
  • Truncatella fasciata Tapparone Canefri, 1886
  • Truncatella ferruginea Cox, 1868
  • Truncatella pacifica Pease, 1868
  • Truncatella valida L. Pfeiffer, 1846 (junior synonym)
  • Truncatella vitiana A. Gould, 1847
  • Truncatella yorkensis Cox, 1868
Juvenile

Truncatella guerinii is a species of very small land snail that lives at the edge of the sea, a gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm.

Distribution

This species has a wide distribution:

Japan, Pratas Island, Taiwan,[3] the Philippines, Thailand, Micronesia, New Caledonia; also off Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ Rundell, R.J. (2012). "Truncatella guerinii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T22383A2782026. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T22383A2782026.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Truncatella guerinii A. Villa & J. B. Villa, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527391 on 2022-11-06
  3. ^ Wu, S.-P.; Hwang, C.-C.; Huang, H.-M.; Chang, H.-W.; Lin, Y.-S.; Lee, P.-F. (2007). "Land Molluscan Fauna of the Dongsha Island with Twenty New Recorded Species". Taiwania. 52 (2): 145–151. doi:10.6165/tai.2007.52(2).145.
  • Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of four species of Truncatella from the collections of the Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 208–209.
  • Habe T. (1961). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls.
  • Tan S.K. & Low M.E.Y. (2014) Singapore Mollusca: 6. The family Truncatellidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea). Nature in Singapore 7: 25–30.
  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
  • Fischer-Piette, E., Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, F. (1993). Gastéropodes terrestres prosobranches. Faune de Madagascar, 80: 1–281. page(s): 208
  • Vermeulen, J.J. & Whitten, A.J. (1998). Guide to the land snails of Bali, 164. Leiden: Backhuys.
  • Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185.
  • Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
  • Greķe, K. & Slapcinsky, J. (2021). New Taheitia H. et A. Adams, 1863, with revisional notes on the Papuan Truncatellidae (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea). In: Telnov D., Barclay M. V. L. & Pauwels O. S. G. (eds). Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Vol. 4: 135–184. The Entomological Society of Latvia, Rīga, 443 pp.
  • Brook, F. J. (2010). Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. Tuhinga. 21: 161-252
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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