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

Acrilla reticulata
Shell of † Acrilla reticulata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Acrilla
Species:
A. reticulata
Binomial name
Acrilla reticulata
(SOLANDER in BRANDER, 1766)
Synonyms

Amaea (Acrilla) reticulata (Solander in Brander, 1766)

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in the Barton on Sea, Great Britain.

References

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  • Cossmann (M.), 1912 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 9, p. 1-215
  • Korobkov (I.A.), 1955 - Spravochnik I methodicheskoe revodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briuckhonologie [= Manuel et guide des Mollusques tertiaires, Gastéropodes], p. 1-795