Assiminea succinea (Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea In Situ

Assiminea succinea (Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea In Situ

Assiminea succinea (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 (about  2 mm.). Interestingly, a colony of the Assiminea were sharing the habitat with Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822 [Eastern Melampus] and a terrestrial species - Gastrocopta pellucida (Pfeiffer, 1841) [Slim Snaggletooth].