Assiminea dubiosa

Assiminea dubiosa is a species of small operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Assimineidae. ^[1]

Assiminea dubiosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Assiminea
Species:	A. dubiosa
Binomial name
Assiminea dubiosa (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
Truncatella dubiosa C. B. Adams, 1852

Description

(Original description in Latin) The thin shell is ovate-conical, transparent, yellowish-brown, smooth, and shining. The apex is rather sharp, and the spire is subconoidal (somewhat cone-shaped).

It has six convex whorls, with an impressed suture. The body whorl is short and ventricose (swollen/bulging). The aperture is broad and ovate. The outer lip is thin. The inner lip is slightly reflected below. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Panama and Guadeloupe.