Acmella (gastropod)
Genus of gastropods
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Acmella is a genus of minute, land snails with an operculum, gastropod molluscs, or micromolluscs, in the family Assimineidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Acmella Blanford, 1869[1] |
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Species
It consists of the following species:
- Acmella cyrtoglyphe Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
- Acmella decolor
- Acmella isseliana
- Acmella minima
- Acmella nana Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015 (the smallest terrestrial snail, described in 2015)
- Acmella ovoidea Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
- Acmella polita Von Moellendorff, 1887
- Acmella striata Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
- Acmella subcancellata Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
- Acmella sutteri
- Acmella taiwanica
- Acmella tersa
- Acmella umbilicata Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015