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Assiminea vulgaris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Rissooidea

Genus
  
Assiminea

Higher classification
  
Assiminea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Assimineidae

Scientific name
  
Assiminea vulgaris

Rank
  
Species

Assiminea vulgaris is a species of minute salt marsh snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Assimineidae.

Description

The dental formula of the stenoglossan radula of Assiminea vulgaris is 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1. The central tooth has five cusps, and three denticles on each side, below. The inner lateral tooth has six cusps and the outer lateral tooth five. The marginal teeth show 15 pectinate cusps.

References

Assiminea vulgaris Wikipedia