Assimineidae is a family of minute snails, also known as palmleaf snails, with an operculum, gastropodmollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Rissoidae. Many of these very small snails live in intermediate habitats, being amphibious between saltwater and land; others live in freshwater.
Distribution
The distribution of the Assimineidae is worldwide.[2] The oldest fossils are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.[3]
Ecology
Various species in this family occur in estuarine habitats, in salt marshes and in freshwater. Some are terrestrial or amphibious.
Description
The shell is small to medium large, more or less egg-conelike shaped.[2] The apertural margin is simple.[2] The operculum is in most cases horny.[2]
Species in this family are characterized by rudimentary cephalic tentacles, a trunklike snout, a foot with a groove and rudimentary to absent ctenidium (a comb-like respiratory apparatus).[4]
Assimineidae incertae sedis vulgaris Webster, 1905 [8]
Assimineidae incertae sedis turrita (W. H. Turton, 1932) (taxon inquirendum)
Assimineidae incertae sedis turritella (W. H. Turton, 1932) (taxon inquirendum)
Synonyms
Adelomorpha Tapparone Canefri, 1886: synonym of Pseudocyclotus Thiele, 1894 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Adelomorpha Snellen, 1885 [Lepidoptera])
Adelostoma E. A. Smith, 1885: synonym of Pseudocyclotus Thiele, 1894 (invalid: junior homonym of Adelostoma Duponchel, 1827)
Assemania Dollfus, 1912: synonym of Assiminea J. Fleming, 1828 (unjustified emendation)
Assimania: synonym of Assiminea J. Fleming, 1828 (incorrect spelling of genus name)
Assiminella Monterosato, 1906: synonym of Paludinella L. Pfeiffer, 1841 (unnecessary substitute name for Paludinella L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
Assiminia J. Fleming, 1828: synonym of Assiminea J. Fleming, 1828 (alternative original spelling [used in the index p. 557])
Diadema Pease, 1868: synonym of Garrettia Paetel, 1873 (invalid: junior homonym of Diadema Gray, 1825)
Dramelia Iredale, 1941: synonym of Acmella W. T. Blanford, 1869 (junior synonym)
Heteropoma Möllendorff, 1894: synonym of Allepithema Tomlin, 1931 (invalid: junior homonym of Heteropoma Benson, 1856; Allepithema is a replacement name)
Paludinassiminea Matsubayashi & Habe, 1990: synonym of Solenomphala Heude, 1882 (unavailable name: no type species designated)
Tribe Pseudocyclotini Thiele, 1929: synonym of Omphalotropidinae Thiele, 1927
Scalinella Pease, 1868: synonym of Omphalotropis L. Pfeiffer, 1851
Stenotropis Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898: synonym of Omphalotropis (Stenotropis) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898 represented as Omphalotropis L. Pfeiffer, 1851
Syncera Gray, 1821 (nomen nudum)
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]
^Bullis, David A.; Herhold, Hollister W.; Czekanski-Moir, Jesse E.; Grimaldi, David A.; Rundell, Rebecca J. (March 2020). "Diverse new tropical land snail species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea, Assimineidae)". Cretaceous Research. 107: 104267. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104267. S2CID210289753.
^Abbott, R.T. (1958). "The gastropod genus Assiminea in the Philippines". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 110: 213–278.
