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Species of gastropod
Aclis minor
Shell of Aclis minor (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. minor
Binomial name
Aclis minor (T. Brown, 1827)
Synonyms
[1]
Aclis supranitida (S. V. Wood, 1842)
Alvania supranitida S. V. Wood, 1842
Turritella eburnea Leach, 1852 junior subjective synonym
Turritella minor T. Brown, 1827
Turritella nitida Leach, 1852 junior subjective synonym
Turritella nivea Leach, 1852 junior subjective synonym (Invalid: Junior homonym of...)
Turritella suturalis Forbes, 1844
Aclis minor is a
species of
sea snail , a marine
gastropod
mollusk in the
family
Eulimidae .
[1]
The length of the shell varies between 2.5 mm to 7 mm.
The thin, turriculate shell contains eight
whorls .These are convex and spirally ridged. The suture is deep. The upper part of the whorl is naked. The
apex is acute. The
aperture is oval with a deep umbilicus. The outer
lip is curved. The umbilicus is small.
[2]
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off
Scandinavia to
Madeira ; in the North Sea off the
Netherlands .
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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.
Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray).
Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193
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