Assiminea vulgaris

Assiminea vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Assiminea
Species:	A. vulgaris
Binomial name
*Assiminea vulgaris* (Webster, 1905)
Synonyms^[1]
Rissoia vulgaris Webster, 1905 Rissoa (Setia) vulgaris (Webster). Suter, 1913 Barleeia chrysomela Melv. and Stand. Iredale, 1913 Notosetia vulgaris (Webster). Iredale, 1915 Assiminea nitida (not of Pease 1865). Oliver, 1915 Tatea hedleyi Brookes, 1924 Assiminea nitida (not of Pease 1865). Finlay, 1926

Assiminea vulgaris is a species of minute salt marsh snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Assimineidae.

Description

The dental formula of the stenoglossan radula of Assiminea vulgaris is 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1. The central tooth has five cusps, and three denticles on each side, below. The inner lateral tooth has six cusps and the outer lateral tooth five. The marginal teeth show 15 pectinate cusps.

References

↑ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, volume 63, 1934

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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