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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Eulimoidea: Aclididae

Aclis tenuis A. E. Verrill, 1882


Range: 56°N to 30.73°N; 79.64°W to 70.6°W
Depth: 91 to 3235 m (live 668 to 891 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6  mm

Synonymy

Eulimella ventricosa auct. non Forbes, 1843
Pyramidella ventricosa auct. non Forbes, 1843
Aclis walleri auct. non Jeffreys, 1867
Aclis tenuis A. E. Verrill, 1882
Aclis verrilli Bartsch, 1911
Hemiaclis verrilli (Bartsch, 1911) 
Aclis fernandinae Dall, 1927
Hemiaclis fernandinae (Dall, 1927) 
Hemiaclis tanneri Bartsch, 1947

Details


Aclis tenuis A. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 528-529, pl. 58, fig. 19
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 873, 100 fms.
Range: 40.03°N to 30.73°N; 79.64°W to 70.95°W
Depth: 91 to 3235 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Off New Jersey, North Carolina
References: Verrill (1882a) NEM; Dall (1927b) SW; Porter (1974) d

Aclis fernandinae Dall, 1927b, p. 69
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Albatross sta. 2668, off Fernandina, Florida [actually off Georgia], 30°58'N, 79°38'W, 294 fathoms
Range: 30.98°N ; 79.64°W
Depth: 538 m
Maximum Reported Size: 2.9 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia
References: Dall (1927b) DdNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s
Combining Genera:  Hemiaclis

Hemiaclis tanneri Bartsch, 1947, p. 23-24, pl. 5, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2234, off Long Island, New York
Range: 39.15°N ; 72.05°W
Depth: 1481 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: USA: New Jersey
References: Bartsch (1947) DdNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s

Eulimella ventricosa auct. non Forbes, 1843, 
[Not available]
References: Verrill (1882a) s
Comments: Misidentification by Verrill (1880, in part).
Combining Genera:  Pyramidella

Aclis verrilli Bartsch, 1911b, p. 437-438, pl. 59, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Fish Hawk sta. 894, off Martha's Vineyard
Range: 56°N to 39.77°N; 71.08°W to 70.6°W
Depth: 638 to 2022 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6 mm
Distribution: USA: New Jersey
References: Bartsch (1911b) dSWM; Rex & Warén (1982) DE; Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s
Combining Genera:  Hemiaclis

Aclis walleri auct. non Jeffreys, 1867, 
[Not available]
Range: 39.88°N to 39.77°N; 71.08°W to 70.98°W
Depth: 668 to 891 m (live 668 to 891 m)
References: Verrill (1882a) DdLlNSEW
Comments: Misidentification by Verrill (1880, 1882).


Partial List of References

Bartsch, P. 1911. New mollusks of the genus Aclis from the North Atlantic Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40(1829) 435-438, pl. 59.
Bartsch, P. 1947. A monograph of the west Atlantic mollusks of the family Aclididae Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 106(20) 1-29, pls. 1-6. [Stated date: 24 Feb 1947.]
Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886 Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667) 1-134.
Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.

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