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Family: Assimineidae (See list of species below)

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66 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Allepithema tuberculatum []	No picture found Angustassiminea castanea []	No picture found Assiminea avilai []
No picture found Assiminea beddomiana []	No picture found Assiminea brevicula []	No picture found Assiminea cardonae []
No picture found Assiminea gittenbergeri []	No picture found Assiminea globulus [Globular mud snail]	No picture found Assiminea grayana []
No picture found Assiminea hessei []	No picture found Assiminea hungerfordiana []	No picture found Assiminea nitida []
No picture found Assiminea palauensis []	No picture found Assiminea succinea [Atlantic assiminea]	No picture found Assiminea theobaldiana []
No picture found Assiminea violacea []	No picture found Assiminea vulgaris []	No picture found Assiminea zubairensis []
No picture found Austroassiminea letha []	No picture found Conacmella vagans []	No picture found Eussoia leptodonta []
No picture found Heteropoma fulva []	No picture found Heteropoma glabratum []	No picture found Heteropoma pyramis []
No picture found Heteropoma quadrasi []	No picture found Heteropoma tuberculatum []	No picture found Heteropoma turritum []
No picture found Kubaryia pilikia []	No picture found Omphalotropis albocarinata []	No picture found Omphalotropis carolinensis []
No picture found Omphalotropis cheynei []	No picture found Omphalotropis cookei []	No picture found Omphalotropis elegans []
No picture found Omphalotropis elongatula []	No picture found Omphalotropis erosa []	No picture found Omphalotropis fragilis []
No picture found Omphalotropis gracilis []	No picture found Omphalotropis guamensis []	No picture found Omphalotropis hieroglyphica []
No picture found Omphalotropis howeinsulae []	No picture found Omphalotropis laevigata []	No picture found Omphalotropis laticosta []
No picture found Omphalotropis latilabris []	No picture found Omphalotropis mutica []	No picture found Omphalotropis ochthogyra []
No picture found Omphalotropis picta []	No picture found Omphalotropis pilosa []	No picture found Omphalotropis plicosa []
No picture found Omphalotropis quadrasi []	No picture found Omphalotropis semicostulata []	No picture found Omphalotropis striatapila []
No picture found Omphalotropis submaritima []	No picture found Omphalotropis suteri []	No picture found Omphalotropis suturalis []
No picture found Omphalotropis tumidula []	No picture found Ovassiminea obtusa [obtuse berry snail]	No picture found Paludinella conica []
No picture found Paludinella globularis []	No picture found Paludinella sicana []	No picture found Pseudomphala latericea []
No picture found Quadrasiella clathrata []	No picture found Quadrasiella mucronata []	No picture found Quadriasiella clathrata []
No picture found Sculptassiminea microsculpta []	No picture found Suterilla neozelanica []	No picture found Thaanumella cookei []

66 Species of Family Assimineidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Allepithema tuberculatum		Western Central Pacific
Angustassiminea castanea		Northwest Pacific
Assiminea avilai		Northeast Atlantic
Assiminea beddomiana		Western Central Pacific
Assiminea brevicula		Indo-West Pacific.	0.7 SHH
Assiminea cardonae		Mediterranean Sea
Assiminea gittenbergeri		Mediterranean Sea.
Assiminea globulus	Globular mud snail	Southeast Atlantic
Assiminea grayana		Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Assiminea hessei		Eastern Central Atlantic
Assiminea hungerfordiana		Eastern Indian Ocean
Assiminea nitida		Pacific Ocean.
Assiminea palauensis		Western Central Pacific
Assiminea succinea	Atlantic assiminea	Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Assiminea theobaldiana		Western Indian Ocean
Assiminea violacea		Northwest Pacific
Assiminea vulgaris		Southern Pacific	0.3 SHH
Assiminea zubairensis		Western Indian Ocean
Austroassiminea letha		Eastern Indian Ocean
Conacmella vagans		Northwest Pacific
Eussoia leptodonta		Western Indian Ocean
Heteropoma fulva		Western Central Pacific
Heteropoma glabratum		Western Central Pacific
Heteropoma pyramis		Western Central Pacific
Heteropoma quadrasi		Western Central Pacific
Heteropoma tuberculatum		Western Central Pacific
Heteropoma turritum		Western Central Pacific
Kubaryia pilikia		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis albocarinata		Southwest Pacific
Omphalotropis carolinensis		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis cheynei		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis cookei		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis elegans		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis elongatula		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis erosa		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis fragilis		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis gracilis		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis guamensis		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis hieroglyphica		Mauritius.
Omphalotropis howeinsulae		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis laevigata		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis laticosta		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis latilabris		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis mutica		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis ochthogyra		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis picta		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis pilosa		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis plicosa		Western Indian Ocean
Omphalotropis quadrasi		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis semicostulata		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis striatapila		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis submaritima		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis suteri		Southwest Pacific
Omphalotropis suturalis		Western Central Pacific
Omphalotropis tumidula		Western Central Pacific
Ovassiminea obtusa	obtuse berry snail	Western Central Pacific
Paludinella conica		Western Central Pacific
Paludinella globularis		Mediterranean Sea.
Paludinella sicana		Mediterranean Sea.
Pseudomphala latericea		Northwest Pacific
Quadrasiella clathrata		Western Central Pacific
Quadrasiella mucronata		Western Central Pacific
Quadriasiella clathrata		Western Central Pacific
Sculptassiminea microsculpta		Eastern Indian Ocean
Suterilla neozelanica		Southwest Pacific
Thaanumella cookei		Eastern Central Pacific

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