Aclis eoa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]
| Aclis eoa | |
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| Shell of Aclis eoa (holotype) | |
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. eoa
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| Binomial name | |
| Aclis eoa Melvill, 1896
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 4 mm, its diameter 1.25 mm.
(Original description) The thin, oblong fusiform shell is semipellucid. It has a milky colour without any gloss. The protoconch is obtuse. The remaining six whorls are a little irregular and distorted. They are ventricose and impressed at the sutures. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is simple. The columellar margin is somewhat oblique. The peristome is simple. [2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai, India.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclis eoa Melvill, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591260 on 2024-03-02
- ^ Melvill, J. C. (1896). Descriptions of new species of minute marine shells from Bombay. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 2: 108-116, pl. 8
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- Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S. (2016). New marine mollusks from the central Philippines in the families Aclididae, Chilodontidae, Cuspidariidae, Nuculanidae, Nystiellidae, Seraphsidae and Vanikoridae. Visaya. 4(5): 83–103.