Acrilla acuminata

Acrilla acuminata
	Shell of Acrilla acuminata (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Acrilla
Species:	A. acuminata
Binomial name
	Acrilla acuminata; (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Synonyms
	Aclis acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844); Amaea acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844); Epitonium acuminatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844); Scalaria acuminata G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 (original combination); Scalaria subtilis var. laevis Grabau & S. G. King, 1928;

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

Description

The elongated, acuminate shell is imperforate. The shell contains 15 whorls. These are barely protruding, and are surrounded in front by a thin keel. The sculpture shows very numerous, thin and curvilinear varicose threads. The oval aperture has a thin margin. The pale yellow shell shows on each whorl two bands, one pale near the suture, one broad, distinct in the middle of the whorls.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species was found originally off Malacca, Malaysia. It also occurs off Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Australia.^[3]

References

^ WoRMS. "Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Acrilla acuminata (G.B.Sowerby II, 1844)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 September 2024.

External links

Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS. "Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

[2] Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] "Acrilla acuminata (G.B.Sowerby II, 1844)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 September 2024.

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