Assiminea vulgaris

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

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

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
  1. 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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