Aclis maoria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]
| Aclis maoria | |
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| Shell of Aclis maoria (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 |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Aclis |
| Species: | A. maoria
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| Binomial name | |
| Aclis maoria A. W. B. Powell, 1937
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3.4 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species in endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Three Kings Islands.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclis maoria A. W. B. Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598691 on 2024-03-03
- 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
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