Hemiaclis obtusa

Hemiaclis obtusa
Shell of Hemiaclis obtusa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Hemiaclis
Species:	H. obtusa
Binomial name
Hemiaclis obtusa Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Synonyms
Hemiaclis obtusus Bouchet & Warén, 1986

Hemiaclis obtusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

The length of the shell measures approximately 5.5 mm in length and can be located at depths of roughly 1500 m below sea level.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

• European waters (ERMS scope)
• United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

References

1. Bouchet & Warén, 1986. Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae, Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 2: 297-576 page(s): 457. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183193 on 2013-03-03.
2. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS)
3. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/

• Hoffman L. & Freiwald A. (2020). Bathyal Eulimidae (Gastropoda: Vanikoroidea) from the Azorean seamounts collected during the R/V Meteor Cruise M151 Athena. Miscellanea Malacologica. 8(6): 81-99.

External links

• Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
• To World Register of Marine Species