| 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: |
Supratidal on rock (Ref. 337). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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