Aclis minor | |
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Shell of Aclis minor (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea |
Family: | Eulimidae |
Genus: | Aclis |
Species: | A. minor
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Binomial name | |
Aclis minor (T. Brown, 1827)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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.
Aclis minor | |
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Shell of Aclis minor (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea |
Family: | Eulimidae |
Genus: | Aclis |
Species: | A. minor
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Binomial name | |
Aclis minor (T. Brown, 1827)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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.