Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Looping Snail)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTruncatella subcylindrica (Looping Snail)
GenusTruncatella (Zoo.) (a genus of molluscs)
SubfamilyTRUNCATELLINAE (a subfamily of molluscs)
FamilyTRUNCATELLIDAE (looping snails)
SuperfamilyTRUNCATELLOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderLITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
SubclassCAENOGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Truncatella subcylindrica (Looping Snail) :
1: Truncatella subcylindrica (Looping Snail)
3 Jun 2010 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
under rocks at edge of tidal pool
Image 1: Animal crawling - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Animal crawling - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Animal crawling - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Shell - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: Shell - close-up - highly enlarged (2)
2: Truncatella subcylindrica (Looping Snail)
1 May 2010 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Among Salicornia seedlings in margin of small tidal lagoon
Image 1: Crawling on shell - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Crawling on shell - highly enlargedImage 3: Crawling on shell - highly enlarged (2)Image 4: Crawling - top view of shell - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: Crawling - top view of shell - highly enlargedImage 6: Emerging from shell - highly enlargedImage 7: Looping - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Looping - oblique view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 9: Looping - oblique view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 10: Looping - oblique view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 11: Looping - oblique view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 12: Looping - oblique view - close-up - highly enlarged (5)Image 13: Looping - oblique view - close-up - highly enlarged (6)Image 14: Looping - oblique view - close-up - highly enlarged (7)Image 15: Looping - oblique view - close-up - highly enlarged (8)Image 16: Looping - oblique view - close-up - highly enlarged (9)Image 17: Mouth view of shell - highly enlargedImage 18: Mouth view of shell - highly enlarged (2)Image 19: Mouth view of shell - highly enlarged (3)Image 20: Shell - close-up - highly enlargedImage 21: Snail emerging from shell - highly enlargedImage 22: Snail emerging from shell - highly enlarged (2)Image 23: Snail emerging from shell - highly enlarged (3)Image 24: Two snails - close-up - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Gargominy O. & Ripken, T.E.J. 2011 Une collection de référence pour la malacofaune terrestre de France: a reference collection for French terrestrial molluscs MalaCo HS 1: 1-108.

Truncatella subcylindrica (Looping Snail) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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