{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = |image = |image_caption = |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Truncaria |authority = A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 |synonyms_ref =<ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = † ''Truncaria (Coptaxis)'' <small>Cossmann, 1901</small> |type_species = ''Buccinum filosum'' <small>A. Adams & Reeve, 1850</small> }}

'''''Truncaria''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Truncaria A. Adams & Reeve, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490585 on 16 July 2023</ref>

==Description== The shell is acuminately oblong and thick. The suture of the spire is channelled . The aperture is anteriorly dilated, posteriorly subemarginated. The columella is arcuated, abruptly truncated in front, with a single anterior fold.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853–1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls]</ref>

==Species== * † ''Truncaria benjamini'' <small>Schnetler & M. S. Nielsen, 2018</small> * ''Truncaria filosa'' <small>(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)</small> * ''Truncaria lindae'' <small>Petuch, 1987</small> * † ''Truncaria truncata'' <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small> ;Synonyms: * ''Truncaria australis'' <small>Angas, 1877</small>: synonym of ''Aesopus australis'' <small>(Angas, 1877)</small> (original combination) * ''Truncaria eurytoides'' <small>P. P. Carpenter, 1864</small>: synonym of ''Aesopus eurytoides'' <small>(P. P. Carpenter, 1864)</small> (original combination) * † ''Truncaria insolita'' <small>Deshayes, 1865</small>: synonym of † ''Litiopa insolita'' <small>(Deshayes, 1865)</small> (superseded combination)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936 Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848–1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843–1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls]

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Category:Buccinidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Lovell Augustus Reeve Category:Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist)