Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Red Mangrove Shell
Description
Habitat
Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of -46 meters (-150 feet).[1]
Ecology:
This estuarine
species is common in the more sheltered parts of mangroves
and nipa-palm swamps
, and the muddy areas in monsoon drains
. It can
be found either crawling on the mud
or remaining attached to grass
in all muddy localities. Its vertical
distribution is restricted
to 10 m
downward from the high water
mark
. Its shell
is usually bright
red but occasionally black. It probably feeds
mainly on algae (Brown
1971, Brandt 1974, Subba Rao et al.
1992, Tan and Ng 1992).
Abbott
(1958) collected this species from wet logs
on the muddy banks of
the estuarine exit of Bantayan River
, north coast of Samar Island,
Philippines. He stated that the area is alternately covered by saltwater
at high tide
and freshwater
during low tide
. Choy and Booth (1994)
documented that this species disappears completely during periods
of flooding, but it quickly recovers its pre-flood population levels.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.16 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Marshes/Pools [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Rissooidea
()
- J.E. Gray, 1847
- Family:
Assimineidae
()
- H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
- Subfamily:
Assimineinae
()
- Genus:
Assiminea
()
- J. Fleming, 1828
- Specific name:
brevicula
- Pfeiffer, 1854
- Scientific name: - Assiminea brevicula Pfeiffer, 1854
- Specific name:
brevicula
- Pfeiffer, 1854
- Genus:
Assiminea
(
- Subfamily:
Assimineinae
(
- Family:
Assimineidae
(
- Superfamily:
Rissooidea
(
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Assiminea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. brevicula (Red Mangrove Shell) · A. californica (California Assiminea) · A. grayana (Dun Sentinel) · A. infima (Badwater Snail) · A. infirma (Badwater Snail) · A. pecos (Pecos Assiminea) · A. succinea (Atlantic Assiminea)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Hand list of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Geoffrey Nevill. Calcutta, Printed by order of the trustees, 1878-1884. url p. 64, p. 67.
- Hand list of mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / by Geoffrey Nevill. Calcutta: [s.n.], 1878-1884 [i.e., 1885] url p. 67.
- Mollusks of Tonkin & Indo China / Dautzenberg & Fischer. Paris: s.n., 1905-1908 url p. 163.
- Records of the Indian Museum. Calcutta: Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, . 1907-1962. url p. 249, p. 250.
- Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 321.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 205.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 172.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Madhyastha, A. & Daniel, B.A. 2010. Assiminea brevicula. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1906649
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14882744
- IUCN ID: 193052
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2486622
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 210.450 based on 11 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Madhyastha, A. & Daniel, B.A. 2010. Assiminea brevicula. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
