Assiminea avilai

Assiminea avilai
Shell of Assiminea avilai (paratype at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Assiminea
Species:	A. avilai
Binomial name
Assiminea avilai van Aartsen, 2008 [1]
Synonyms
Assiminea (Assiminea) avilaivan Aartsen, 2008 alternative representation

Assiminea avilai is a species of minute operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Assimineidae. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell ranges from 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs on the Azores.

References

1. van Aartsen (2008). Basteria 72 (4–6) : 165–181. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 7 August 2010.
2. Assiminea avilai van Aartsen, 2008 . 22 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

External links

• van Aartsen, J.J. (2008). "The Assimineidae of the Atlantic-Mediterranean seashores". Basteria. 72 (4 /6): 172–173. Retrieved 23 November 2025.