Species of gastropod
Optediceros breviculum
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.168636 1 - Assiminea brevicula (Pfeiffer, 1854) - Assimineidae - Mollusc shell.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Assimineidae
Genus:
Optediceros
Species:
O. breviculum
Binomial name
Optediceros breviculum
Synonyms
Assiminea australis Thiele, 1927 (non Petterd, 1889)
Assiminea brevicula (Pfeiffer, 1855)
Assiminea miniata Martens, 1866 (junior synonym)
Assiminea rubella Blanford, 1867 (junior synonym)
Hydrocena brevicula Pfeiffer, 1855 (original combination)
Ovassiminea brevicula (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
Optediceros breviculum , common name the red mangrove snail , is a species of small operculate snail , a freshwater or marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Assimineidae .
Distribution
The distribution of Optediceros breviculum includes:
Distribution map of Optediceros breviculum .
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Madhyastha A. & Daniel B. A. (2010). "Assiminea brevicula " . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 August 2014.
Blanford, W. T. 1867. Descriptions of some Indian and Burmese species of Assiminea. Annals And Magazine of Natural History 19: 381-386.
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