dwarf mud snail
Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Name authority
- (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Common name
- dwarf mud snail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Genus
- Galba
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
- infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
- subterclassTectipleura
- superorderHygrophila A. Férussac, 1822
- genusGalba Schrank, 1803
- speciesGalba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Galba. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Galba adela (Cossmann, 1895) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Alberta fossariaGalba alberta F. C. Baker, 1919 | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Galba andreaei Wenz, 1922 | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Galba anthracotheriorum (Sacco, 1886) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Galba atacica (Noulet, 1854) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Galba baylei (Bayan, 1870) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Galba berellensis (de Laubrière & Carez, 1881) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Galba bonneti (Cossmann, 1902) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| prairie fossariaGalba bulimoides (I. Lea, 1841) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galba butleyensis (Kennard & B. B. Woodward, 1911) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Galba cockerelli (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Carib fossariaGalba cubensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) | GastropodaMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716336 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3F33Y. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.