Aclis pseudopareora

Aclis pseudopareora
Shell of Aclis pseudopareora (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand))
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Vanikoroidea
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Aclis
Species:	A. pseudopareora
Binomial name
Aclis pseudopareora A. W. B. Powell, 1940

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

Description

The length of the shell may reach up to 3.2 mm, and its diameter up to 1.2 mm ^[2] .

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs from the waters off of Northland's east coast to northern South Island at 18 to 84 meters below sea level ^[2] .

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aclis pseudopareora A. W. B. Powell, 1940. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598692 on 2026-01-16
2. "NZ Mollusca - Aclis pseudopareora". mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2026-02-05.

• Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70
• Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
• Morley, M.S. Apr/1989 Visible Evidence - Aclis pseudopareora, Poirieria, 15(6)
• Smith, N. Oct/1996 Acirsa subcarinata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906), Poirieria, 19
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Powell, A. W. B. (1940). The marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 70: 205-248