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  Superfamily Truncatelloidea

Family Assimineidae

    Genus Assiminea -- North America.
    Genus Angustassiminea
    Genus Austroassiminea
    Genus Aviassiminea
    Genus Conacmella
    Genus Conassiminea
    Genus Cryptassiminea
    Genus Cyclotropis
    Genus Duritropis
    Genus Eussoia
    Genus Garrettia
    Genus Heteropoma
    Genus Kubaryia
    Genus Limborelia
    Genus Metassiminea
    Genus Omphalotropis
    Genus Opinorelia
    Genus Paludinella
    Genus Paludinellassiminea
    Genus Ponapella
    Genus Pseudomphala
    Genus Pterocyclos
    Genus Quadrasiella
    Genus Rugapedia
    Genus Suterilla
    Genus Taiwanassiminea
    Genus Thaanumella
    Genus Wrayanna

Taxon Information

The Family Assimineidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Assiminidae [sic], "1 Genus, 2 species" (Johnson et al., 2013).
• Assimineidae, [Nearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian; 20 species worldwide, 2 Nearctic species] (Strong et al., 2008).

Bibliography

• Johnson, P.D., A.E. Bogan, K.M. Brown, N.M. Burkhead, J.R. Cordeiro, J.T. Garner, P.D. Hartfield, D.A.W. Lepitzki, G.L. Mackie, E. Pip, T.A. Tarpley, J.S. Tiemann, N.V. Whelan & E.E. Strong. 2013. Conservation Status of Freshwater Gastropods of Canada and the United States. Fisheries 38(6): 247-282.
• Strong, E.E., O. Gargominy, W.F. Ponder & P. Bouchet. 2008. Global diversity of gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System