Truncatellina linearis (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Pupa linearis R. T. Lowe, 1852; Pupa striata Gredler, 1856
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: late 19th- 20th century
Distribution & Habitat
Madeira, Madeiran Archipelago
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279.
Other references:
Cameron, Robert A. D., Teixeira, Dinarte, Pokryszko, Beata, Silva, Isamberto and Groh, Klaus. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Conchology 44(1): 53-70.
Fernández-Palacios, José María, Fructuoso, Melania, Illera, Juan Carlos, Rando, Juan Carlos, de Nascimento, Lea, Fernández-Palacios, Enrique, Patiño, Jairo, Otto, Rüdiger, Castilla-Beltrán, Álvaro, González, Esther Martín, Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Whittaker, Robert J. (2025). A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy. PNAS Nexus 4(8): pgaf215. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf215 [Supplementary data (.docx)]
Gredler, V. M. (1856). Tirols Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien I. Die Landconchylien. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 6: 25–162.
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Truncatellina linearis (R. T. Lowe, 1852). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002840 on 2026-01-18
Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 129-261 [p. 165, fig. 201A].