Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea

Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea  Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea  Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea

    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.).

Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea

In Situ (below)

Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea in situ

    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.

Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea

In bulldozed drift, New Port Richey, Pasco Co., Florida (2.4 mm.). Digital image by David Kirsh.

Scanning Electron Micrographs (SEM)

Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea

    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

Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea

    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.