Assiminea succinea

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

Assiminea succinea
Scientific classification
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

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. 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.


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