Acrilla

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Acrilla
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Shell of † Acrilla perangusta (specimen at the MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Acrilla
H. Adams, 1860
Type species
Scalaria acuminataG. B. Sowerby II, 1844
Synonyms [1]
  • Amaea (Acrilla)H. Adams, 1860
  • Epitonium (Acrilla)H. Adams, 1860 alternative representation
  • Scala (Acrilla)H. Adams, 1860
  • Scalaria (Acrilla)H. Adams, 1860
  • Scalaria (Adiscoacrilla)Sacco, 1890 (junior subjective synonym)

Acrilla is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acrilla H. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517581 on 2024-03-12