ˌtrəŋkəˈtelə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin truncatus (past participle) + -ella
: 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