Aclis minor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Aclis minor
Shell of Aclis minor (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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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
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

Description

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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]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Scandinavia to Madeira; in the North Sea off the Netherlands.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclis minor (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138681 on 2024-03-03
  2. ^ 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   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Landau, B. M. & Mulder, H. (2022). Additions and corrections to the gastropod fauna of the Pliocene of Estepona, south-western Spain, 5. Basteria. 86(2): 153–173.
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