Assiminea vulgaris

Assiminea vulgaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Assiminea
Species:	A. vulgaris
Binomial name
	Assiminea vulgaris; (Webster, 1905)
Synonyms
	Rissoia vulgaris Webster, 1905; Rissoa (Setia) vulgaris (Webster). Suter, 1913; Barleeia chrysomela Melv. and Stand. Iredale, 1913; Notosetia vulgaris (Webster). Iredale, 1915; Assiminea nitida (not of Pease 1865). Oliver, 1915; Tatea hedleyi Brookes, 1924; Assiminea nitida (not of Pease 1865). Finlay, 1926;

Assiminea vulgaris is a species of minute salt marsh snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Assimineidae.

Description edit

The dental formula of the stenoglossan radula of Assiminea vulgaris is 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1. The central tooth has five cusps, and three denticles on each side, below. The inner lateral tooth has six cusps and the outer lateral tooth five. The marginal teeth show 15 pectinate cusps.

References edit

^ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, volume 63, 1934

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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[New-1] Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, volume 63, 1934

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