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

Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

TruncatellaRisso, 1826accepted genus name
Albertisia Issel, 1880 synonym
Fidelis Risso, 1826 synonym
Glaucothoe Leach, 1852 synonym

Species group names

Missing truncatula Philippi, 1844 subjective synonym
Albertisia punica Issel, 1880 synonym
Cyclostoma concinnum Scacchi, 1836 synonym
Cyclostoma truncatulum Draparnaud, 1801 synonym
Fidelis theresa Risso, 1826 synonym
Glaucothoe montaguana Leach, 1852 synonym
Helix subcylindrica Linnaeus, 1767 synonym
Paludina desnoyersii Payraudeau, 1826 synonym
Truncatella costulata Risso, 1826 synonym
Truncatella debilis Mousson, 1874 synonym
Truncatella desnoyersii (Payraudeau, 1826) synonym
Truncatella laevigata Risso, 1826 synonym
Truncatella lowei Shuttleworth, 1852 synonym
Truncatella microlena Monterosato, 1878 synonym
Truncatella montagui R. T. Lowe, 1832 synonym
Truncatella punctata Monterosato, 1878 synonym
Truncatella subcylindrica var. sublaevigata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 synonym
Truncatella truncatula (Draparnaud, 1801) synonym
Turbo subtruncatus Montagu, 1803 synonym
Turbo truncatus Montagu, 1803 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: cilinderslak; gewone cilinderslak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: looping snail sources: MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
 German: Glatte Stutzschnecke

Literature

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

Smith, E. A. (1896). A list of the land and freshwater Mollusca of Trinidad. Journal of Conchology. 8: 231-251, pl. 8, London.

additional source

Guppy, R. J. L. (1893). The land and freshwater Mollusca of Trinidad. Journal of Conchology. 7: 210-231.

additional source

Martens, E. von. (1877). Land- und Süsswasser-Schnecken von Puerto Rico. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 4(3): 340-362, pl. 12, figs. 2-8.

additional source

Landau, B. M., L. Ceulemans & F. Van Dingenen. (2023). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France. Part 8: fine, addenda and corrigenda. Cainozoic Research. 23: 113-144.

additional source

Shuttleworth, R. J. (1854). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico (Schluss). Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern. 1854 (321/322): 89-103.

identification resource

Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.

Genbank

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External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767). 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:141850

Ruud A. Bank. Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/dff944ad-b7df-4a67-94b5-4cf0bd27fb67

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

EPPO invasive plants:
listed This species is an invasive alien plant being managed in countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

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2008-08-21 by Ruud A. Bank & by Serge Gofas

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