Optediceros breviculum

Optediceros breviculum
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.168636 1 - Assiminea brevicula (Pfeiffer, 1854) - Assimineidae - Mollusc shell.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Optediceros
Species:
O. breviculum
Binomial name
Optediceros breviculum
(Pfeiffer, 1855)
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

  1. ^ 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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