Truncaria
Genus of gastropods
| Truncaria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| 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- † Truncaria insolita Deshayes, 1865: synonym of † Litiopa insolita (Deshayes, 1865) (superseded combination)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
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Truncaria A. Adams & Reeve, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490585 on 16 July 2023
- ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853–1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
External links
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- Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848–1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843–1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls
