Assiminea subconica

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

Assiminea subconica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Assiminea
Species:	A. subconica
Binomial name
Assiminea subconica (Leith, 1853)
Synonyms
Optediceros subconica Leith, 1853 original combination

This is a taxon inquirendum.

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 2¼ mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is imperforate or has a slight chink. It is ovate-conical, and rather solid. The color is pale orange. It is smooth and slightly shining .

The spire is conical, with sides that are scarcely convex and an sharp apex. The suture is slightly impressed, and it is not margined. It has seven nearly flat whorls, which increase gradually. The body whorl is rounded below.

The aperture is much shorter than the spire. It is slightly oblique, and angled (above. The peristome (margin) is straight, with a thin outer lip. The inner lip is scarcely thickened and somewhat expanded.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in brackish waters off Mumbai, India.^{[citation needed]}