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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