Aclis eoa explained

Aclis eoa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 4 mm, its diameter 1.25 mm.

(Original description) The thin, oblong fusiform shell is semipellucid. It has a milky colour without any gloss. The protoconch is obtuse. The remaining six whorls are a little irregular and distorted. They are ventricose and impressed at the sutures. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is simple. The columellar margin is somewhat oblique. The peristome is simple. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai, India.

References

• Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S. (2016). New marine mollusks from the central Philippines in the families Aclididae, Chilodontidae, Cuspidariidae, Nuculanidae, Nystiellidae, Seraphsidae and Vanikoridae. Visaya. 4(5): 83–103.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclis eoa Melvill, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591260 on 2024-03-02
2. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036515 Melvill, J. C. (1896). Descriptions of new species of minute marine shells from Bombay. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 2: 108-116, pl. 8