Biology:Angustassiminea succinea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Angustassiminea succinea
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Angustassiminea
Species:
A. succinea
Binomial name
Angustassiminea succinea
(L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Assiminea modesta H. C. Lea, 1845
  • Assiminea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Paludina succinea L. Pfeiffer, 1840

Angustassiminea succinea is a species of minute operculate snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Angustassiminea succinea has been found in Mexico, Belize, northern South America, and on the western shores of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.[1]The maximum recorded depth is 4m.[2]


References

  • Lea, H.C. (1845). A description of some new species of marine shells inhabiting the coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 1: 204-205
  • Abbott R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3173991 entry