Acmella (gastropod)

Acmella is a genus of minute, land snails with an operculum, gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Assimineidae.

Acmella
Shell of Acmella nana.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Assimineidae
Genus:
Acmella

Species

It consists of the following species:

  • Acmella nana Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015 (the smallest terrestrial snail, described in 2015)
  • Acmella decolor
  • Acmella isseliana
  • Acmella minima
  • Acmella sutteri
  • Acmella taiwanica
  • Acmella cyrtoglyphe Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
  • Acmella umbilicata Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
  • Acmella polita Von Moellendorff, 1887
  • Acmella ovoidea Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
  • Acmella subcancellata Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
  • Acmella striata Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
  • Acmella tersa

References
  1. Blanford W. T. (1869). "On the animal and operculum of Georissa, W. Blanf., and on its relations to Hydrocena, Parreyss; with a note on Hydrocena tersa, Bens. and H. milium, Bens.". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)3: 173-179. page 178.
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