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Family Assimineidae

    Genus Assiminea -- North America.
    Genus Angustassiminea
    Genus Austroassiminea
    Genus Aviassiminea
    Genus Conacmella
    Genus Conassiminea
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    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]

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