ASSIMINEIDAE
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Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Familia: Assimineidae
Name
H. & A. Adams – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Short description
Shell very small to medium-sized, dextral, globose, ellipsoid, ovoid or conical, rarely almost discoid. Last whorl without a pore near the suture; on the inside usually without a constriction, rarely with a constriction (Anaglyphula). Sculpture absent, or fine spiral and/or radial sculpture present, sometimes with more distinct ribs and tubercles. Aperture usually angular above; peristome not or slightly thickened. Umbilicus closed or open, usually narrow. Operculum corneous, sometimes calcareous, usually paucispiral with an excentrical nucleus (Family description adapted from Fukuda and Ponder 2003[1] and Miranda et al. 2014[2]).
Habitat and distribution
In marine and intertidal environments, in the tropics also terrestrial. Globally distributed in temperate and tropical regions.
Remarks
We provide a review of the terrestrial Assimineidae native to Sabah.
Taxon Treatment
- Vermeulen, J; Liew, T; Schilthuizen, M; 2015: Additions to the knowledge of the land snails of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo), including 48 new species ZooKeys, (531): 1-139. doi
Other References
- ↑ Fukuda H, Ponder W (2003) Australian freshwater assimineids, with a synopsis of the Recent genus-group taxa of the Assimineidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Journal of Natural History 37: 1977–2032. doi: 10.1080/00222930210125380
- ↑ Miranda N, van Rooyen R, MacDonald A, Ponder W, Perissinotto R (2014) Genetics and shell morphometrics of assimineids (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa. ZooKeys 419: 73–86. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.419.7556
