• Truncatellidae Gray, J.E. 1840. Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. London : G. Woodfall and Son 42nd Edn., 1st impression (16 October 1840), [iv] + 370 pp. [117, 148].

  Type genus:

   Truncatella Risso, 1826.

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [758]

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [252]

Clench, W.J. & Turner, T. 1948. A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Harvard 1(13): 157-212

Rosenberg, G. 1996. Independent evolution of terrestriality in Atlantic Truncatellid gastropods. Evolution 50(2): 682-693

Wilke, T., Haase, M., Hershler, R., Liu, H.-P., Misof, B. & Ponder, W. 2013. Pushing short DNA fragments to the limit: Phylogenetic relationships of ‘hydrobioid’ gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 715-736 [723]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [152]

History of changes

• Truncatella Risso, A. 1826. Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Particulièrement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris : F.-G.Levrault Vol. 4 iv, 439 pp., 12 pls. [Date published November 1826] [124] [as Helix subcylindrica Linnaeus (Wilson1993); Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale, 4: 124; Placed on the Official List by Opinion 344, 1955, Opinions and Declarations rendered by the ICZN, 10(11): 315, with Truncatella laevigata Risso, 1826 as type-species "by selection by Woodward (1854)"; the reference given is to Woodward, 1851, A manual of the Mollusca: 137, which gives as type-species T. truncatula Draparnaud [Cyclostoma truncatulum Draparnaud, 1801], not an originally included nominal species].

  Type species:

   Truncatella costulata Risso, 1826 by subsequent designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Clench, W.J. & Turner, T. 1948. A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Harvard 1(13): 157-212 [163] (Subgeneric arrangement)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [43]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [152]

History of changes

• Truncatella brazieri Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [93].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM, Miller's Point, Sydney, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [43]

History of changes

• Truncatella guerinii Villa, A. & Villa, J.B. 1841. Dispositio Systematica Conchyliarum Terrestrium et Fluviatilium quae adservantur in collectione fratrum Ant. et Jo. Bapt. Villa, conspectu abnormitatum novarumque specierum descriptionibus adjectis. Mediolani : Borroni et Scotti 62 pp. [59].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MCZ, Bourbon, Réunion Is., Indian Ocean.
• Truncatella valida Pfeiffer, L. 1846. Monographische Versuch über die Gattung Truncatella Risso. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 3(12): 182 [182].
• Truncatella yorkensis Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [93].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ, Cape York, QLD.
• Truncatella ferruginea Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [94].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Cape York, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Deposit feeding, marine, salt marsh, supratidal.

General References

Clench, W.J. & Turner, T. 1948. A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Harvard 1(13): 157-212 [167]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [109]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [152] (as Truncatella yorkensis Cox, 1868)

History of changes

• Truncatella marginata Küster, H.C. 1855. Die gattungen Truncatella und Paludinella. pp. 1-19, pls. 1-2. in Küster, H.C. (ed). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [12].
• Truncatella teres Pfeiffer, L. 1857. Descriptions of sixteen new species of Pneumonopoma, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856: 336-339 [336].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Trinity Bay, QLD and Mauritius.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clench, W.J. & Turner, T. 1948. A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Harvard 1(13): 157-212 [164]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Benthem Jutting, W.S.S. van 1963. Non-marine Mollusca of West New Guinea. Part I. Mollusca from fresh and brackish waters. Nova Guinea (Zoologie) 20: 409-521 [440]

Brazier, J. 1876. List of land-shells collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 117-133 [132]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [152]

History of changes

• Truncatella scalarina Cox, J.C. 1867. Characters of four new species of Australian land shell. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 39-40 [40].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ, Port Lincoln, SA.
• Margarita tasmanica Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [143].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Bass Strait, TAS.
• Truncatella micra Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14: 55-65 [62].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV, Brighton, VIC.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, salt marsh.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds on detritus.

General References

Grove, S. 2011. Truncatellidae - Truncatellinae: Truncatella (Truncatella) scalarina (Cox, 1867). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania website. Sun Oct 02 10:01:35 Tasmania Daylight Time 2011. http://www.molluscsoftasmania.net/Species%20pages/Truncatella%20scalarina.html (date accessed 9/3/2012)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [43]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [152]

History of changes

• Truncatella vincentiana Cotton, B.C. 1942. Australian Gastropoda of the families Hydrobiidae, Assimineidae and Acmeidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66(2): 124-129 [Date published Dec 18] [128].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, Glenelg, SA.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Truncatella marginata Kuster, 1855 [misidentification]. —
  Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [92-93, pl. 15, fig. 8]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Deposit feeding, marine, salt marsh.

General References

Grove, S. 2011. Truncatellidae - Truncatellinae: Truncatella (Truncatella) vincentiana (Cotton, 1942). The seashells of New South Wales website. Sun Oct 02 10:01:35 Tasmania Daylight Time 2011. http://www.molluscsoftasmania.net/Species%20pages/Truncatella%20vincentiana.html (date accessed 9/3/2012)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [152]

History of changes