Assiminea lutea

Assiminea lutea is a species of small operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae. ^[1]

Assiminea lutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Assiminea
Species:	A. lutea
Binomial name
Assiminea lutea (A. Adams, 1861)
Synonyms
Assiminea (Assiminea) lutea A. Adams, 1861 superseded combination Assiminia lutea A. Adams, 1861 (misspelling of generic name)

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is cone-shaped. The spire is conical, elevated, and covered by a thin epidermis. The shell is pale yellow. It has 5½ whorls, which are scarcely convex. The body whorl is rounded. The umbilical region is impressed. The aperture is rounded-ovate. The outer lip is broad, spreading, and thickened above. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in brackish waters of the estuary of the Pei-ho, Yellow Sea: also in the Russian Federation, Korea and Japan.

Parasites

Parafossarulus anomalospiralis is the first intermediate host for:

• trematode Clonorchis sinensis^[3][4]