Assiminea avilai

Assiminea avilai
Shell of Assiminea avilai (paratype at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Assiminea
Species:
A. avilai
Binomial name
Assiminea avilai
van Aartsen, 2008[1]
Synonyms

Assiminea (Assiminea) avilai van Aartsen, 2008 alternative representation

Assiminea avilai is a species of minute operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Assimineidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell ranges from 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs on the Azores.

References

  • van Aartsen, J.J. (2008). "The Assimineidae of the Atlantic-Mediterranean seashores". Basteria. 72 (4 /6): 172โ€“173. Retrieved 23 November 2025.