Assiminea brevicula ( Pfeiffer, 1855 )

Zvonareva, Sofya & Kantor, Yuri, 2016, Cheсklist of gastropod molluscs in mangroves of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, Zootaxa 4162 (3), pp. 401-437 : 422

Assiminea brevicula ( Pfeiffer, 1855)

Figs 7 G–H

Hydrocena brevicula Pfeiffer, 1855: 306 .

Assiminea brevicula: Abbott 1958: 238 –241, pl. 15, fig.7, pl. 22; Thach 2005: 55, pl. 8, fig. 21.

Optediceros brevicula: Lozouet & Plaziat 2008: 118 –121, pl. 23, figs 3–4, pl. 24, fig. 8.

Metassiminea philippinica: Zvonareva et al. 2015: 9 .

Material examined. Nha Phu Bay, Dam Bay, mangrove plantation, 40 specimens.

Abundance. Common.

Measurements. Up to 6.5 mm ( Lozouet & Plaziat 2008).

Ecological notes. Found on mud bottom of the lower estuarine mangals ( Lozouet & Plaziat 2008).

In studied sites it was found on mud surface under mangrove trees.

Relation to mangroves. Mangrove-associated (D.G. Reid, personal communication).

Distribution in Vietnam. Central coast ( Thach 2005).

General distribution. From Thailand to Philippines. Ceylon and west side of India eastward through the Philippines to Borneo and north to Taiwan ( Abbott 1958).

Figures

FIGURE 7. A – B. Notocochlis cf. gualteriana (10 mm). C – D. Notocochlis cf. gualteriana (8 mm). E – F. Polinices mammilla (38 mm). G – H. Assiminea brevicula (6 mm). I – K. Stenothyra sp. (4 mm). L – M. Monoplex pilearis (59 mm). N – O. Gutturnium muricinum (48 mm). P – Q. Epitonium sp. (4 mm). R – S. Pictocolumbella ocellata (6 mm). T – U. Nassarius olivaceus (27 mm). V – W. Monoplex vespaceus (36 mm).