WoRMS taxon details
Truncatella californica L. Pfeiffer, 1857
557944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557944)
accepted
Species
Truncatella gracilenta W. G. Binney, 1858 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Truncatella stimpsonii Stearns, 1872 · unaccepted
marine
Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Descriptions of thirty-one new species of land-shells, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (333): 107–112; 25 (334): 113. London [15 August] & [28 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451252
page(s): 111 [details]
page(s): 111 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Truncatella californica L. Pfeiffer, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557944 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Descriptions of thirty-one new species of land-shells, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (333): 107–112; 25 (334): 113. London [15 August] & [28 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451252
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Truncatella stimpsonii Stearns, 1872) Stearns, R. E. C. (1872). Description of new species of shells from California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (1) 4(5): 249-250, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3181871
page(s): 249, pl. 1, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Truncatella gracilenta W. G. Binney, 1858) Binney, W. G. (1858). Notes on American land shells, No. 4. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 197-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535790
page(s): errata page [details]
basis of record Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1948). A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. <em>Occasional Papers on Mollusks.</em> 1(13): 157-212, 4 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7756427
page(s): 196 [details]
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Truncatella stimpsonii Stearns, 1872) Stearns, R. E. C. (1872). Description of new species of shells from California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (1) 4(5): 249-250, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3181871
page(s): 249, pl. 1, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Truncatella gracilenta W. G. Binney, 1858) Binney, W. G. (1858). Notes on American land shells, No. 4. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 197-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535790
page(s): errata page [details]
basis of record Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1948). A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. <em>Occasional Papers on Mollusks.</em> 1(13): 157-212, 4 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7756427
page(s): 196 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Truncatella stimpsonii Stearns, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To Malacopics (Truncatella californica L. Pfeiffer, 1857 United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Malaga Cove, collected 25th July 1978, ex coll. H. van Buren)
To Malacopics (Truncatella californica L. Pfeiffer, 1857 United States, California, Los Angeles County, Malaga Cove, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Truncatella californica L. Pfeiffer, 1857 United States, California, Los Angeles County, San Pedro, ex coll. Natuurmuseum Enschede .)
To Malacopics (Truncatella californica L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Truncatella stimpsonii Stearns, 1872)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Truncatella stimpsonii Stearns, 1872)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To Malacopics (Truncatella californica L. Pfeiffer, 1857 United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Malaga Cove, collected 25th July 1978, ex coll. H. van Buren)
To Malacopics (Truncatella californica L. Pfeiffer, 1857 United States, California, Los Angeles County, Malaga Cove, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Truncatella californica L. Pfeiffer, 1857 United States, California, Los Angeles County, San Pedro, ex coll. Natuurmuseum Enschede .)
To Malacopics (Truncatella californica L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Truncatella stimpsonii Stearns, 1872)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Truncatella stimpsonii Stearns, 1872)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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