Assiminea compacta
| Assiminea compacta | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Assiminea |
| Species: | A. compacta
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| Binomial name | |
| Assiminea compacta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hydrobia compacta P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · | |
Assiminea compacta is a species of small operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Assimineidae. [1]
Description
[edit | edit source](Original description in Latin) The shell is smooth, short, compact, and rather broad. The margins of the spire are scarcely curved outwards. The four whorls are normal, with an apex that is mamillate (nipple-shaped). The whorls are tumid (swollen) with distinct sutures. The spire is shorter, and the base is rounded. The aperture is somewhat oval. The peritreme (the continuous margin of the aperture) is continuous, and the outer lip is well-defined. [2]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species occurs in the Rio Grande region.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Assiminea compacta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864). 26 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.
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