Truncatellina cylindrica

Truncatellina cylindrica is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellinidae.^[1]

Truncatellina cylindrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Chondrinoidea
Family:	Truncatellinidae
Genus:	Truncatellina
Species:	T. cylindrica
Binomial name
Truncatellina cylindrica (A. Férussac, 1807)
Synonyms
Helix minuta O. F. Müller, 1774 Isthmia rothi Reinhardt, 1916 (original combination) Pupa (Pupilla) minutissima (Hartmann, 1821) (junior synonym) Pupa micula Mousson, 1876 (junior synonym) Pupa minutissima Hartmann, 1821 · (junior synonym) Truncatellina arcyensis W. Klemm, 1943 (junior synonym) Truncatellina cylindrica var. costigerella Lindholm, 1926 Truncatellina rothi (Reinhardt, 1916) junior subjective synonym Truncatellina tauricola Lindholm, 1926 (a junior synonym) Vertigo cylindrica A. Férussac, 1807 (original name) Vertigo pupula Held, 1837 (junior synonym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 1 mm. The width ranges from 0.91-1.01 mm. The height spans 1.80-2.24 mm. The shell notably has shallow sutures and a low, flat whorl. The species lacks apertural teeth.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European countries and islands including:

• Czech Republic
• Ukraine^[3]
• Great Britain (edge of distribution range)
• Ireland
• France, Greece, Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus