Assiminea lutea is a species of small operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae.
Description (Original description in Latin) The shell is cone-shaped. The spire is conical, elevated, and covered by a thin epidermis. The shell is pale yellow. It has 5½ whorls, which are scarcely convex. The body whorl is rounded. The umbilical region is impressed. The aperture is rounded-ovate. The outer lip is broad, spreading, and thickened above.
Distribution This species occurs in brackish waters of the estuary of the Pei-ho, Yellow Sea: also in the Russian Federation, Korea and Japan.
Parasites Parafossarulus anomalospiralis is the first intermediate host for: trematode Clonorchis sinensisWorld Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.Chai J. Y., Darwin Murrell K. & Lymbery A. J. (2005). "Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues". International Journal for Parasitology 35(11-12): 1233-1254. .
References
Li FX. & Gao SH. (1985). The ground-dwelling molluscan faunas of mangrove swamps in Hong Kong and Xiamen. In: Morton B & Dudgeon D, editors. Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China II.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.2: pp 449–455 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
iNaturalist - Lynio: images