Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea > Family Assimineidae > Subfamily Assimineinae

Assiminea J. Fleming, 1828

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Assiminia*	J. Fleming, 1828	orthographic variant
*Assemania*	Dollfus, 1912	synonym
*Assiminea (Assiminea)*	J. Fleming, 1828	synonym

Children

Assiminea (Assiminea) avilai Van Aartsen, 2008
Assiminea (Assiminea) cardonae Paladilhe, 1875
Assiminea (Assiminea) eliae Paladilhe, 1875
Assiminea (Assiminea) gittenbergeri Van Aartsen, 2008
Assiminea (Assiminea) glaubrechti Van Aartsen, 2008
Assiminea (Assiminea) rolani Van Aartsen, 2008
Assiminea avilai van Aartsen, 2008
Assiminea eliae Paladilhe, 1875
Assiminea gittenbergeri van Aartsen, 2008
Assiminea glaubrechti van Aartsen, 2008
Assiminea grayana J. Fleming, 1828
Assiminea moroccoensis Rolán, 2013
Assiminea rolani van Aartsen, 2008

Literature

original description	Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan. Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Martens, E. von. (1866). Conchological gleanings. II. On some species of Assiminea. III. The Sandwichian species of Lymmaeus. IV. On the species of Amphipeplea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3. 17(98)(23): 202-213.
additional source	Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Assiminea J. Fleming, 1828. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137681

Ruud A. Bank. Assiminea J. Fleming, 1828. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/42f46ccf-cb27-4d1f-9278-ef5e08ca8a29

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Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.