Aclis calotropis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]
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| Shell of Aclis calotropis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Aclis |
| Species: | A. calotropis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aclis calotropis Melvill & Standen, 1901
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1 mm.
(Original description) This very delicate species is vitreous, 10-whorled, delicately spirally lirate. The lirae are distant, few, and conspicuously once acutely keeled at the centre of each whorl. The body whorl is slightly prolonged. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is thin. The columella is produced, causing a slight angular projection at the base of the lip. [2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclis calotropis Melvill & Standen, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1471419 on 2024-02-28
- ^ Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1901 (2): 327-460
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