Biology:Acmella (gastropod)

Acmella
	Shell of Acmella nana.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Acmella; Blanford, 1869

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Acmella is a genus of minute, land snails with an operculum, gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Assimineidae.

Species

It consists of the following species:

Acmella nana Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015 (the smallest terrestrial snail, described in 2015)
Acmella decolor
Acmella isseliana
Acmella minima
Acmella sutteri
Acmella taiwanica
Acmella cyrtoglyphe Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
Acmella umbilicata Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
Acmella polita Von Moellendorff, 1887
Acmella ovoidea Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
Acmella subcancellata Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
Acmella striata Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
Acmella tersa

↑ Blanford W. T. (1869). "On the animal and operculum of Georissa, W. Blanf., and on its relations to Hydrocena, Parreyss; with a note on Hydrocena tersa, Bens. and H. milium, Bens.". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)3: 173-179. page 178.

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Acmella

Shell of Acmella nana.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Acmella Blanford, 1869^[1]