Angustassiminea lucida
| Angustassiminea lucida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Angustassiminea |
| Species: | A. lucida
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| Binomial name | |
| Angustassiminea lucida (Pease, 1869)
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Angustassiminea lucida is a species of small operculate snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is imperforate (lacking an umbilicus), ovate-conical, smooth, shining, translucent and rather thin. It is yellowish and pale reddish near the suture. The spire is conical, with a somewhat acute apex. It has six convex whorls, which are angled near the suture. The aperture is vertical and ovate, and it is angled at the top. The peristome (margin) is simple, with the margins joined by a thin callus.[2]
Distribution
This terrestrial species has been found on the Tuamotu Islands.
References
- ^ a b Angustassiminea lucida (Pease, 1869). 5 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Pease, W.H. (1869). "Liste des espèces supposées appartenir au genre Assiminea de Leach". Journal de Conchyliologie. 17: 166. Retrieved 5 December 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Fukuda H. (2019). Assimineidae H. & A. Adams, 1856. Pp. 94–100, in: C. Lydeard & C.S. Cummings (eds), Freshwater mollusks of the world. A distribution atlas. 242 pp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.