Assiminea ovata
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Assiminea ovata (Krauss, 1848)
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Assiminea ovata is a species of minute operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and South Africa.
References
- ^ a b Assiminea ovata. WoRMS (2009). Assiminea ovata. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225185 on 3 July 2012 .
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 51