| Aclis | |
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| Fig. 5. Aclis semireticulata . Fig. 6. Arlis succinta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Aclis Lovén, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Alvania supranitida S. V. Wood, 1842 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aclis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae. [1]
The shell is minute, elangate- turreted like Turritella. They are usually thin and translucent. The protoconch is slender and consists usually of two whorls. The remainder are convex and well-rounded. The suture is prominent and well-impressed. The shell is usually spirally striated. The apex is sinistral. The aperture is oval. The thin outer lip is prominent. The axis is slightly rimate. The base of the shell is rounded. The shell has an operculum.
The animal shows a long retractile proboscis. The slender tentacles are close together. They are inflated at the tips. The eyes are immersed at the bases of the tentacles. The operculum lobe is ample. The foot is truncated in front. [2]
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Solariella is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.
Scissurella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Scissurellidae, the small slit snails.
Drillia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Daphnella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Cyclostrema is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.
Minolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.
Fossarus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Planaxidae.
Melanella is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.
Alvania is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.
Opalia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.
Ringicula is a genus of minute deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks belonging to the family Ringiculidae.
Cerithiopsis is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cerithiopsidae.
Niso is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.
Eulimella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Syrnola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Turbonillinae of the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Turbonilla is a large genus of ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Stilifer is a genus of small ectoparasitic sea snails that used to belong in the family Stiliferidae. Most recent sources consider it part of the family Eulimidae, which also belongs to the superfamily Eulimoidea.
Hemiaclis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.
