Assiminea dubiosa
| Assiminea dubiosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Assiminea |
| Species: | A. dubiosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Assiminea dubiosa (C. B. Adams, 1852)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Truncatella dubiosa C. B. Adams, 1852 | |
Assiminea dubiosa is a species of small operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Assimineidae. [1]
Description
(Original description in Latin) The thin shell is ovate-conical, transparent, yellowish-brown, smooth, and shining. The apex is rather sharp, and the spire is subconoidal (somewhat cone-shaped).
It has six convex whorls, with an impressed suture. The body whorl is short and ventricose (swollen/bulging). The aperture is broad and ovate. The outer lip is thin. The inner lip is slightly reflected below. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in Panama and Guadeloupe.
References
- ^ a b Assiminea dubiosa (C. B. Adams, 1852). 26 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Adams, C.B. (1852). "Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat". Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 5: 543. Retrieved 26 November 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.