Biology:Truncaria

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Truncaria
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Truncaria
A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Type species
Buccinum filosum A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Synonyms[1]

Truncaria (Coptaxis) Cossmann, 1901

Truncaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

The shell is acuminately oblong and thick. The suture of the spire is channelled . The aperture is anteriorly dilated, posteriorly subemarginated. The columella is arcuated, abruptly truncated in front, with a single anterior fold. [2]

Species

  • Truncaria benjamini Schnetler & M. S. Nielsen, 2018
  • Truncaria filosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Truncaria lindae Petuch, 1987
  • Truncaria truncata (Deshayes, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Truncaria australis Angas, 1877: synonym of Aesopus australis (Angas, 1877) (original combination)
  • Truncaria eurytoides P. P. Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Aesopus eurytoides (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
  • Truncaria insolita Deshayes, 1865: synonym of † Litiopa insolita (Deshayes, 1865) (superseded combination)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q18583513 entry