Aclis eoa

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Aclis eoa
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Shell of Aclis eoa (holotype)
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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
Binomial name
Aclis eoa
Melvill, 1896

Aclis eoa 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 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

This species occurs in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai, India.

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References

  1. 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
  2. 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 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .