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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Aclis (Genus)
> terebra (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:
=Icuncula terebra Powell, 1930
Images: Aclis terebra (Powell, 1930)
Holotype, collected in 110 metres, W of Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (MA72070). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 110 metres, W of Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (MA72070). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Aclis (Genus)
> terebra (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:
=Icuncula terebra Powell, 1930
Details: Aclis terebra (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
Off Poor Knights Islands
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.137)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water Dredgings, Part 1, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 60 (p.538) Original Description

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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