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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:
North-eastern North Island as far south as Motiti Island
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)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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