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Truncaria

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Truncaria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Truncaria
A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Type species
Buccinum filosum A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
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Truncaria (Coptaxis) Cossmann, 1901

Truncaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

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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.[2]

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