Angustassiminea succinea is a species of small operculate snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is conical, smooth translucent and amber-colored. It is imperforate. It has five whorls, with the body whorl being ventricose. The margin of the aperture is slightly thickened and whitish.
Distribution and habitat
Angustassiminea succinea has been found in Mexico, Belize, northern South America, and on the western shores of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The maximum recorded depth is 4m.
References
- Lea, H.C. (1845). A description of some new species of marine shells inhabiting the coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 1: 204-205
- Abbott R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls.
- Fukuda H. (2019). Assimineidae H. & A. Adams, 1856. Pp. 94-100, in: C. Lydeard & C.S. Cummings (eds), Freshwater mollusks of the world. A distribution atlas. 242 pp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
External links
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; GarcÃÂa, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579âÂÂ699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of MexicoâÂÂOrigins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.