North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Aclis ascaris (W. Turton, 1819)

Aclis minor (Brown, 1827)
Shell from Rinc de la Victoria, Maga, Spain (actual size 2.4 mm).

AphiaID

138678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138678)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Aclis Lovén, 1846

Original name

Turbo ascaris W. Turton, 1819

Synonymised names

Dunkeria inconstans Monterosato, 1890 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Dunkeria incostans Monterosato, 1890 · unaccepted (name introduced in synonymy)

Pyramis acutissimus T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Turbo ascaris W. Turton, 1819 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Turritella umbilicata Dunker, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Turbo ascaris W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). A conchological dictionary of the British Islands. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Aclis ascaris (W. Turton, 1819). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138678 on 2026-07-05

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Aclis ascaris (W. Turton, 1819). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138678 on 2026-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2020-08-20 19:39:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Pyramis acutissimus T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]

original description (of Turbo ascaris W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). A conchological dictionary of the British Islands. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692 [details]

original description (of Turritella umbilicata Dunker, 1862) Weinkauff, H. C. (1862). Catalogue des coquilles marines recueillies sur les côtes de l'Algérie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 10: 301-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15135016
page(s): 354-355, pl. 13 fig. 8 [details]

original description (of Dunkeria incostans Monterosato, 1890) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1890). Conchiglie della profondità del mare di Palermo. Il Naturalista Siciliano. 9(6): 140-151 [March 1st, 1890]; 9(7): 157-166 [April 1st, 1890]; 9(8): 181-191 [May 1st, 1890)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11568606
page(s): 157; note: name introduced in synonymy of Aclis ascaris "= Dunkeria incostans, De Folin (ex typo).", thereby not an available name [details]

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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

basis of record Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18 (2): 177-368.
page(s): 310, pl. 138 fig. 1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Albanesi O., Cretella M., Facente A., Fasulo G., Ferro R., Guarino C., Izzillo F. & Perna E. (1981). Malacofauna vivente del Golfo di Napoli Parte Il: Famiglia Aclididae. La Conchiglia. 13(142-143: 18-21, 13 (144-145): 15-17. [details] Available for editors