Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea |
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Under small board, just above the high water mark, between Browns Creek Fish Camp and the Heckscher Drive bridge, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida 1/24/2008 (about 2 mm.). |
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In Situ (below) |
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Under dead palmetto frond, just above the high water mark, between Browns Creek Fish Camp and the Heckscher Drive bridge, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida 1/14/2008 (largest is about 2 mm.). The colony of Assiminea were sharing the habitat with Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822 [Eastern Melampus] - juvenile specimen illustrated in the top, bottom left. |
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In bulldozed drift, New Port Richey, Pasco Co., Florida (2.4 mm.). Digital image by David Kirsh. |
Scanning Electron Micrographs (SEM) |
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From grunge collected from a mangrove beach on the Jupiter Sound (Indian River) shore of Coral Cove Park (just S of Blowing Rock Preserve) by Rick Edwards in April and July, 2021 and later culled by him and H. G. Lee (2.04 mm.). SEMs performed by H. G. Lee in collaboration with Dr. Ann Heatherington, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville |
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In drift, Banana River, Port Canaveral, Broward Co., FL. SEMs produced in collaboration with Dr. Ann Heatherington, Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. |