Biology:Assiminea succinea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

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

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

Distribution

Description

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

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 4 m.[2]

References

  1. Assiminea succinea (Pfeiffer, 1840). Rosenberg, G. (2010). Assiminea succinea (Pfeiffer, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160168 on 7 August 2010 .
  2. 2.0 2.1 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • 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