Optediceros breviculum

Optediceros breviculum
	Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.168636 1 - Assiminea brevicula (Pfeiffer, 1854) - Assimineidae - Mollusc shell.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Assimineidae
Genus:	Optediceros
Species:	O. breviculum
Binomial name
	Optediceros breviculum; (Pfeiffer, 1855)
Synonyms
	Assiminea australis Thiele, 1927 (non Petterd, 1889); Assiminea brevicula (Pfeiffer, 1855); Assiminea miniata Martens, 1866 (junior synonym); Assiminea rubella Blanford, 1867 (junior synonym); Hydrocena brevicula Pfeiffer, 1855 (original combination); Ovassiminea brevicula (L. Pfeiffer, 1854);

Optediceros breviculum, common name the red mangrove snail, is a species of minute operculate snail, a freshwater or marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Assimineidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Optediceros breviculum includes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Madhyastha A. & Daniel B. A. (2010). "Assiminea brevicula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 August 2014.

Blanford, W. T. 1867. Descriptions of some Indian and Burmese species of Assiminea. Annals And Magazine of Natural History 19: 381-386.

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