Angustassiminea succinea

Angustassiminea succinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Angustassiminea
Species:	A. succinea
Binomial name
Angustassiminea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
Synonyms [1]
List Assiminea modestaH. C. Lea, 1845 Assiminea succinea(L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Paludina succineaL. Pfeiffer, 1840

Angustassiminea succinea is a species of small operculate snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae. ^[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm. ^[2]

(Original description in Latin) The shell is conical, smooth translucent and amber-colored. It is imperforate. It has five whorls, with the body whorl being ventricose. The margin of the aperture is slightly thickened and whitish. ^[3]

Distribution and habitat

Angustassiminea succinea has been found in Mexico, Belize, northern South America, and on the western shores of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. ^[1] The maximum recorded depth is 4m. ^[2]

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Angustassiminea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .
3. Pfeiffer L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 250-264 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Lea, H.C. (1845). A description of some new species of marine shells inhabiting the coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 1: 204-205
• Abbott R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls.
• 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.

External links

• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.