Angustassiminea nitida

Angustassiminea nitida is a species of small operculate snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae.^[1]

Angustassiminea nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Angustassiminea
Species:	A. nitida
Binomial name
Angustassiminea nitida (Pease, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
List Assiminea (Assiminea) nitida (Pease, 1865) Assiminea nitida (Pease, 1865) Hydrocena nitida Pease, 1865 (original combination) Syncera nitida (Pease, 1865) (genus name unavailable)

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The ovate shell is pyramidal. It is shining, smooth and rather solid. It has five convex whorls. The body whorl is large and nearly equals half the length of the shell. The umbilical chink is perforate. The sutures are impressed and sometimes thinly margined. The aperture is ovate. The peristome (margin) is simple and non-continuous.^[2]

Distribution

This terrestrial species has been found on the Cook Islands and on French Polynesia.^{[citation needed]}