Family Truncatellidae Truncatella pulchella Pfeiffer, 1839 Beautiful truncatella - 6 mm Shell small, elongate, with six rounded whorls each with 17-40 axial ribs. Suture indistinct. Color yellowish to brownish. Differs from T. caribaeensis by smaller size, eventual presence of a basal ridge, and presence of a thicker outer lip that sometimes looks “doubled”. Found in mangrove litter above high-tide line.
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