Angustassiminea nitida


Angustassiminea nitida is a species of small operculate snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
The ovate shell is pyramidal. It is shining, smooth and rather solid. It has five convex whorls. The body whorl is large and nearly equals half the length of the shell. The umbilical chink is perforate. The sutures are impressed and sometimes thinly margined. The aperture is ovate. The peristome is simple and non-continuous.

Distribution

This terrestrial species has been found on the Cook Islands and on French Polynesia.