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Aclis maoria

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Aclis maoria
Shell of Aclis maoria (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Aclis
Species:
A. maoria
Binomial name
Aclis maoria
A. W. B. Powell, 1937

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species in endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Three Kings Islands.

References

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  1. ^ 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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