Assiminea vulgaris

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

Assiminea vulgaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Assiminea
Species:	A. vulgaris
Binomial name
Assiminea vulgaris (Webster, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
Rissoia vulgaris Webster, 1905 Rissoa (Setia) vulgaris (Webster). Suter, 1913 Barleeia chrysomela Melv. and Stand. Iredale, 1913 Notosetia vulgaris (Webster). Iredale, 1915 Assiminea nitida (not of Pease 1865). Oliver, 1915 Tatea hedleyi Brookes, 1924 Assiminea nitida (not of Pease 1865). Finlay, 1926

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.