Acmella (gastropod)

Acmella
Shell of Acmella nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Acmella
Blanford, 1869[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Acicula (Acmella) W. T. Blanford, 1869
  • Dramelia Iredale, 1941
  • Omphalotropis (Acmella) W. T. Blanford, 1869

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

Species

It consists of the following species:

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

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.
  2. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Acmella W. T. Blanford, 1869". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 March 2026.