''Cryptassiminea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of minute

operculate The operculum (; ) is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor that exists in many (but not all) groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails; the structure is found in some marine an ...

snail A snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class G ...

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gastropod

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s or

micromollusk A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...

s in the

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Assimineidae Assimineidae is a family of minute snails, also known as palmleaf snails, with an operculum, gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Rissoidae. Many of these very small snails live in intermediate habitats, being amphibious betwe ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Cryptassiminea'' include: * ''

Cryptassiminea adelaidensis ''Cryptassiminea adelaidensis'' is a species of minute operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae Assimineidae is a family of minute snails, also known as palmleaf snails, with an operculum, ...

'' Fukuda & Ponder, 2005 * ''

Cryptassiminea glenelgensis ''Cryptassiminea glenelgensis'' is a species of minute operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae Assimineidae is a family of minute snails, also known as palmleaf snails, with an operculum, ...

'' Fukuda & Ponder, 2005 * ''

Cryptassiminea insolata ''Cryptassiminea insolata'' is a species of minute operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae Assimineidae is a family of minute snails, also known as palmleaf snails, with an operculum, gast ...

'' Fukuda & Ponder, 2005 * ''

Cryptassiminea kershawi ''Cryptassiminea kershawi'' is a species of minute operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae Assimineidae is a family of minute snails, also known as palmleaf snails, with an operculum, gast ...

'' Fukuda & Ponder, 2005 * '' Cryptassiminea surryensis'' Fukuda & Ponder, 2005

References

External links

* Assimineidae {{Assimineidae-stub