Assiminea lugubris

Assiminea lugubris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Assiminea
Species:
A. lugubris
Binomial name
Assiminea lugubris

Assiminea lugubris is a species of small operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Assimineidae. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

Distribution

This terrestrial species occurs in marine and brackish waters off Port Alfred, South Africa.

References

  • Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1โ€“331, pls 1-70.
  • Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum. 33: 1โ€“660.