Acrilla acuminata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]
| Acrilla acuminata | |
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| Shell of Acrilla acuminata (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Acrilla |
| Species: | A. acuminata
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
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Description
editThe 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
editThis marine species was found originally off Malacca, Malaysia. It also occurs off Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Australia.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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.
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