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

Aclis sarsi
Shell of Aclis sarsi (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. sarsi
Binomial name
Aclis sarsi
Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912
Synonyms[1]
  • Aclis walleri var. carinata Norman, 1879
  • Aclis walleri var. sarsi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912 ·

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean off Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the Azores; also off Morocco.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclis sarsi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138682 on 2024-03-05
  • Norman A.M. (1879). The mollusca of the fiords near Bergen, Norway. Journal of Conchology 2: 8-77
  • Hoffman L. & Freiwald A. (2020). Bathyal Eulimidae (Gastropoda: Vanikoroidea) from the Azorean seamounts collected during the R/V Meteor Cruise M151 Athena. Miscellanea Malacologica. 8(6): 81–99.
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