my-server
← Wiki

Angustassiminea castanea

Angustassiminea castanea is a species of small operculate snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The solid shell is imperforate, pyramidally conical and chestnut-colored. It is very shiny, finely striate and spirally lined. The spire is acute. The shell has seven rather convex whorls, which are disjoined by a thin suture. The body whorl is faintly angled, convex at the base, and it nearly occupies half the length of the shell. The aperture ispear-shaped and acute above, with a straight parietal wall. The peristome (margin) is straight, with a arched basal margin. The inner lip is slightly thickened and reflected above.

Distribution

This marine species has been found off Japan.

References

  • Kuroda, T. (1958). On the more species of Assiminea from Japan (A feshwater gastropodous genus). Venus. 20(1): 16-22.
  • Fukuda H. & Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Assimineidae. Pp. 813-816, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.