Assimineidae
| Assimineidae Temporal range: | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Assiminea grayana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Assimineidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 |
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| Diversity | |
| About 20 freshwater species and numerous amphibious terrestrial/marine species | |
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Assimineidae is a family of minute snails, also known as palmleaf snails, with an operculum, gastropod mollusks 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.
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