Acmella (gastropod)
| Acmella | |
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| 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] | |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.