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Species of gastropod
Aclis ascaris
Shell of Aclis ascaris (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vanikoroidea
Family:
Eulimidae
Genus:
Aclis
Species:
A. ascaris
Binomial name
Aclis ascaris (W. Turton, 1819)
Synonyms
Alvania albella S. V. Wood, 1842 junior subjective synonym
Alvania ascaris (W. Turton, 1819) superseded combination
Dunkeria inconstans Monterosato, 1890 misspelling
Dunkeria incostans Monterosato, 1890 (name introduced in synonymy)
Pyramis acutissimus T. Brown, 1827 junior subjective synonym
Turbo ascaris W. Turton, 1819 superseded combination
Turritella umbilicata Dunker, 1862
Aclis ascaris is a
species of
sea snail , a marine
gastropod
mollusk in the
family
Eulimidae .
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The length of the shell attains 2.3 mm.
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This species occurs in Mediterranean Sea.
Fossils have been found in
Pliocene strata of Belgium and Great Britain (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma)
Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 177–368.
Albanesi O., Cretella M., Facente A., Fasulo G., Ferro R., Guarino C., Izzillo F. & Perna E. (1981). Malacofauna vivente del Golfo di Napoli Parte Il: Famiglia Aclididae. La Conchiglia. 13(142-143: 18–21, 13 (144–145): 15–17
A. J. W. Hendy. 2007. Circum-Pacific Late Cenozoic Paleobiogeography: Consideration of latitudinal gradients, provincialism and beta diversity (Unpublished taxonomic opinions).
Turton, W. (1819) A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls.
Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls
Weinkauff, H. C. (1862). Catalogue des coquilles marines recueillies sur les côtes de l'Algérie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 10: 301-371
Wood, S.V. (1842). A catalog of shells from the Crag. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 9: 455-462; 527-544, pl. 5
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1890). Conchiglie della profondità del mare di Palermo. Il Naturalista Siciliano. 9(6): 140-151
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213