Aclis tenuis

Aclis tenuis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Aclididae
Genus: Aclis
Species: A tenuis
Binomial name
Aclis tenuis
Synonyms
  • Aclis fernandinae Dall, 1927
  • Aclis verrilli Bartsch, 1911
  • Hemiaclis fernandinae (Dall, 1927)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean off the Gulf of Maine and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4.6 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 91 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 3235 m.[2]

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Aclis tenuis A. E. Verrill, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159963 on 2014-12-19
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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