Truncaria

Truncaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

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.

Species

• † Truncaria benjamini <small>Schnetler & M. S. Nielsen, 2018</small>
• Truncaria filosa <small>(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)</small>
• Truncaria lindae <small>Petuch, 1987</small>
• † Truncaria truncata <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small>

• Truncaria australis <small>Angas, 1877</small>: synonym of Aesopus australis <small>(Angas, 1877)</small> (original combination)
• Truncaria eurytoides <small>P. P. Carpenter, 1864</small>: synonym of Aesopus eurytoides <small>(P. P. Carpenter, 1864)</small> (original combination)
• † Truncaria insolita <small>Deshayes, 1865</small>: synonym of † Litiopa insolita <small>(Deshayes, 1865)</small> (superseded combination)

References

External links

• 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