Acrilla leptalea

Acrilla leptalea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Acrilla
Species:	†A. leptalea
Binomial name
	†Acrilla leptalea; (Tate, 1893)
Synonyms
	† Scalaria (Acrilla) leptaleaTate, 1893 (homonym: superseded combination. Not K. Bush, 1885);

Last updated June 09, 2025

Acrilla leptalea is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in older Tertiary strata in Victoria, Australia.

References

↑ WoRMS. "Acrilla leptalea (Tate, 1893) †". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 March 2024.

Tate, R. (1893). The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia. Part 4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 17: 316–345.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS. "Acrilla leptalea (Tate, 1893) †". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 March 2024.

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