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

Acrilla leptalea
Scientific classification Edit this 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  • Scalaria (Acrilla) leptalea Tate, 1893 (homonym: superseded combination. Not K. Bush, 1885)

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ 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.