Acrilla fayellensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]
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| Shell of Acrilla fayellensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Acrilla |
| Species: | †A. fayellensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acrilla fayellensis de Boury, 1887
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Picardy, France.
References
edit- ^ WoRMS. "Acrilla fayellensisde Boury, 1887 †". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1907 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 1–9
- Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 - Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132
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