| Assiminea savesi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Assiminea |
| Species: | A. savesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Assiminea savesi (Crosse, 1888) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Hydrobia savesiCrosse, 1888 (original combination) Contents | |
Assiminea savesi is a species of minute, salt-tolerant snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod molluscs, or micromolluscs, in the family Assimineidae. [1]
The length of this species attains 1½ mm, its diameter 0.75 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is imperforate, pupiform, thin, and corneous. The spire is oblong, with a somewhat blunt apex. The suture is impressed. It has four sligthly rounded whorls, which are encircled by a brown, nearly inconspicuous band. The body whorl nearly equals the height of the spire and is obscurely encircled by two brown zones. The aperture is ovate-pyriform andof the same color as the shell. The external zones pass inconspicuously through the interior. The peristome (margin) is continuous, somewhat thickened, and corneous. [2]
This species occurs in New Caledonia in brackish and fresh waters.
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