Truncatella
noun
Trun·ca·tel·la
ˌtrəŋkəˈtelə
: a genus (the type of the family Truncatellidae) of snails that are usually terrestrial near the sea but occasionally occur in either salt water or fresh water and that have a small somewhat cylindrical shell which is truncate in the adult and the ctenidium replaced by a pulmonary sac
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin truncatus (past participle) + -ella