Truncatellinidae is a
family
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of small, air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial pulmonate
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the superfamily
Chondrinoidea.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Truncatellinidae Steenberg, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994722 on 2020-08-30]
Genera
* ''
Columella''
Westerlund, 1878
* ''
Negulus''
O. Boettger, 1889
* ''
Truncatellina''
R. T. Lowe, 1852
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Edentulina''
Clessin, 1876: synonym of ''Columella''
Westerlund, 1878
* ''Franzia''
Blume, 1965: synonym of ''Truncatellina''
R. T. Lowe, 1852 (junior primary homonym of Franzia Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
* ''Laurinella''
P. Hesse, 1915: synonym of ''Truncatellina''
R. T. Lowe, 1852
* ''Paludinella''
R. T. Lowe, 1852: synonym of ''Columella''
Westerlund, 1878
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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Gastropod families