Assiminea ovata

Assiminea ovata is a species of minute operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae.[1]

Assiminea ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Assimineidae
Genus:
Assiminea
Species:
A. ovata
Binomial name
Assiminea ovata
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Assiminea bifasciata Nevill, 1880
  • Assiminea capensis Bartsch, 1915

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and South Africa.

References
  1. Assiminea ovata . WoRMS (2009). Assiminea ovata. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225185 on 3 July 2012 .
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 51
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