''Aclis gallica'' is an extinct

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. ;Variety: * † ''Aclis gallica var. cossmanni'' de Boury, 1912 (uncertain, status in recent literature not researched by editor)

Description

The length of the shell attains2.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in

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, France.

References

External links

Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls.

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