Truncatella scalarina is a species of very small land snail that lives next to seawater, a gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellidae.
| Truncatella scalarina | |
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| Two shells of Truncatella scalarina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Truncatellidae |
| Genus: | Truncatella |
| Species: | T. scalarina
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| Binomial name | |
| Truncatella scalarina Cox, 1867 [1]
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Distribution and habitat edit
This small snail is endemic to southeastern Australia: New South Wales and Tasmania. It lives at and above the high tide level, in and under debris.
Description edit
The average shell length is 8 mm.
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