Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Vanikoroidea > Family Eulimidae > Genus Aclis

Aclis minor (T. Brown, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aclis*	Lovén, 1846	accepted genus name
*Pherusa*	Jeffreys, 1869	junior homonym
*Pherusina*	Norman, 1888	synonym

Species group names

*Turritella nivea*	Leach, 1852	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Alvania supranitida*	S. V. Wood, 1842	synonym
*Turritella minor*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Turritella nitida*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Turritella suturalis*	Forbes, 1844	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: spiralribbet pighudesnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kleine spieshoren

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Landau, B. M. & Mulder, H. (2022). Additions and corrections to the gastropod fauna of the Pliocene of Estepona, south-western Spain, 5. Basteria. 86(2): 153-173.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aclis minor (T. Brown, 1827). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138681