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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Aclis (Genus)
> expansa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aclis (Aclis) Lovén, 1846
=Eusetia Cotton, 1944
=Marteliella Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1914
=Menippe Jeffreys, 1867
=Pherusa Jeffreys, 1869
=Pherusina Norman, 1888
=Schwengelia Bartsch, 1947
Synonymised Names:
=Eusetia expansa (Powell, 1930)
=Rissopsis expansa Powell, 1930
Images: Aclis expansa (Powell, 1930)
Holotype, collected in 11-18 metres, off Mangonui Head, Northland, NZ (MA72129). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Aclis (Genus)
> expansa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aclis (Aclis) Lovén, 1846
=Eusetia Cotton, 1944
=Marteliella Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1914
=Menippe Jeffreys, 1867
=Pherusa Jeffreys, 1869
=Pherusina Norman, 1888
=Schwengelia Bartsch, 1947
Synonymised Names:
=Eusetia expansa (Powell, 1930)
=Rissopsis expansa Powell, 1930
Details: Aclis expansa (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
Off Northland
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.267)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water Dredgings, Part 2, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 61 (p.544) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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