Assiminea mesopotamica

Assiminea mesopotamica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Assiminea
Species: A. mesopotamica
Binomial name
Assiminea mesopotamica
Glöer, Naser & Yasser, 2007

Assiminea mesopotamica is a species of minute, salt-tolerant snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Assimineidae.

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to the Shatt al-Arab in Iraq. It is found amongst submerged vegetation in slow-flowing waters close to coastal regions, and is tolerant of brackish waters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Seddon, M.B. & Kebapçı, U. (2014). "Assiminea mesopotamica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 July 2014.


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