Assiminea punctum
| Assiminea punctum | |
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| Shell of Assiminea punctum (syntype at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Assiminea |
| Species: | A. punctum |
| Binomial name | |
| Assiminea punctum Morelet, 1882 | |
Assiminea punctum is a species of minute, salt-tolerant snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod molluscs, or micromolluscs, in the family Assimineidae. [1]
Description
[edit]The length of this species attains 3 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is very minute and scarcely rimose (having a very slight chink). It is ovate-conoidal, very smooth, shining, and horn-green.
The spire is elongated, with a somewhat acute apex. It has five convex whorls, which are joined by a black-margined suture. The body whorl is inflated and does not equal half the length of the shell.
The aperture is acutely oval, with straight margins, and it is brown-edged internally. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs on Mayotte, Indian Ocean.
References
[edit]- ↑ Assiminea punctum Morelet, 1882. 32 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Morelet, A. (1882). "Malacologie des Comores. Récolte de M. Marie, à l'ile Mayotte. (2e Article)". Journal de Conchyliologie. 30: 199. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Fischer-Piette, E., Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, F. (1993). Gastéropodes terrestres prosobranches. Faune de Madagascar, 80: 1-281.
- Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
- Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
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