Aclis minor

Aclis minor
Shell of Aclis minor (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
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 supranitidaS. V. Wood, 1842 Turritella eburneaLeach, 1852 junior subjective synonym Turritella minorT. Brown, 1827 Turritella nitidaLeach, 1852 junior subjective synonym Turritella niveaLeach, 1852 junior subjective synonym (Invalid: Junior homonym of...) Turritella suturalisForbes, 1844

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

Description

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

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

References

1. 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.

External links

• Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls.
• Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray).
• Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213