Acmella (gastropod)

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Acmella
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Shell of Acmella nana .
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Acmella

Blanford, 1869 [1]

Acmella is a genus of minute, land snails with an operculum, gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Assimineidae.

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Species

It consists of the following species:

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References

  1. Blanford W. T. (1869). "On the animal and operculum of Georissa, W. Blanf., and on its relations to Hydrocena, Parreyss; with a note on Hydrocena tersa, Bens. and H. milium, Bens.". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)3: 173-179. page 178.