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Metassiminea

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Metassiminea
Shell of Metassiminea philippinica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Metassiminea
Thiele, 1927
Type species
Assiminea philippinica O. Boettger, 1887
Synonyms

Assiminea (Metassiminea) Thiele, 1927 (original rank)

Metastasis is a genus of minute, salt-tolerant snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the subfamily Ekadantinae of the family Assimineidae.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metassiminea Thiele, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818380 on 2021-07-14
  • Thiele, J. (1927). Über die Schneckenfamilie Assimineidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 53: 113–146.
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