Aclis minor

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

Aclis minor
Shell of Aclis minor (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
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 supranitida S. V. Wood, 1842 Turritella eburnea Leach, 1852 junior subjective synonym Turritella minor T. Brown, 1827 Turritella nitida Leach, 1852 junior subjective synonym Turritella nivea Leach, 1852 junior subjective synonym (Invalid: Junior homonym of...) Turritella suturalis Forbes, 1844

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.