Assiminea parasitologica

Assiminea parasitologica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Assiminea
Species:
A. parasitologica
Binomial name
Assiminea parasitologica
Kuroda, 1958

Assiminea parasitologica is a species of small salt marsh snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk, or micromollusks, in the family Assimineidae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Japan and occurs also in brackish waters.

References

  • Kuroda, T. (1958). On the more species of Assiminea from Japan (A feshwater gastropodous genus). Venus. 20(1): 16–22.
  • Fukuda H. & Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Assimineidae. pp. 813–816, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.
  • Okutani T., ed. (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp.