Assiminea vulgaris (Webster, 1905)
No Picture Available

Family:  Assimineidae ()
Max. size:  0.3 cm SHH (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; marine
Distribution:  Southern Pacific: New Zealand, Kermadec and Easter Island.
Diagnosis:  Shell small, 1.75 to almost 3 mm in height, moderately elevated-turbiniform, imperforate, with about 5 smooth, evenly convex whorls, an impressed suture, and a very fine line at some distance below the suture; light yellowish brown to moderate orange in color; aperture rather broadly ovate, outer lip evenly arcuate, thickened and somewhat effuse at columella and covering the narrow umbilical perforation.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:   
 

Source and more info: www.sealifebase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.