Aclis ascaris

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Aclis ascaris
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Shell of Aclis ascaris (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. ascaris
Binomial name
Aclis ascaris
(W. Turton, 1819)
Synonyms
  • Alvania albellaS. V. Wood, 1842 junior subjective synonym
  • Alvania ascaris(W. Turton, 1819) superseded combination
  • Dunkeria inconstansMonterosato, 1890 misspelling
  • Dunkeria incostansMonterosato, 1890 (name introduced in synonymy)
  • Pyramis acutissimusT. Brown, 1827 junior subjective synonym
  • Turbo ascarisW. Turton, 1819 superseded combination
  • Turritella umbilicataDunker, 1862

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Mediterranean Sea.

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of Belgium and Great Britain (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma)

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclis ascaris (W. Turton, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138678 on 2024-02-28