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Aclis calotropis Melvill & Standen, 1901

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Aclididae »  genus Aclis

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Aclis calotropis

Author: Melvill & Standen

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Description

Gulf of Oman; lat. 24° 05' N,, long. 57° 35° E. 205 fathoms.
A very delicate species, vitreous, 10-whorled, delicately spirally lirate ; the lirae distant, few, and conspicuously once acutely keeled at the centre of each whorl; the last whorl is slightly prolonged; mouth ovate, lip thin; columella produced, causing a slight angular projection at the base of the lip.
Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R., 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Part I
Author: Jan Delsing

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