Acrochalix

Acrochalix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Acrochalix
Bouchet & Warén, 1986

Acrochalix is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Distribution

This species is mainly distributed within the north Atlantic Ocean.

Species

There is only one known species within this genus:

References

  1. Bouchet & Warén, 1986. Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae, Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 2: 297-576. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137955 on 2013-01-28.

External links

External identifiers for Acrochalix
WoRMS 137955


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