Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea > Family Truncatellidae > Subfamily Truncatellinae

Truncatella Risso, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Albertisia*	Issel, 1880	synonym
*Fidelis*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Glaucothoe*	Leach, 1852	synonym

Children

Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Literature

original description	Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12.
basis of record	Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1948). A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. Occasional Papers on Mollusks. 1(13): 157-212, 4 plates.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Pilsbry, H. A. & Brown, A. P. (1914). The method of progression in Truncatella. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 66: 426-428.
additional source	Dall, W. H. (1905). Fossils of the Bahama Islands, with a list of the non-marine mollusks. In: G. B. Shattuck (ed.). The Bahama Islands. The Geographical Society of Baltimore, The John Hopkins Press, The MacMillan Co., New York, i-xxxii, 630 pp., 93 pls. pp. 21-48, pls. 11-13.
additional source	van Hyning, T. (1942). Record find of Truncatella. The Nautilus. 56(1): 34.
source of synonymy	Pilsbry, H. A. (1926). Truncatella versus Acmea. The Nautilus. 40(1): 32-33.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Truncatella Risso, 1826. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138600

Ruud A. Bank. Truncatella Risso, 1826. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bbe215f6-0e69-448d-8dfc-4cfd1deef787