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Acrilla

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Acrilla
Shell of † Acrilla perangusta (specimen at the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Acrilla
H. Adams, 1860
Type species
Scalaria acuminata G. B. Sowerby II, 1844
Synonyms[1]
  • Amaea (Acrilla) H. Adams, 1860
  • Epitonium (Acrilla) H. Adams, 1860 alternative representation
  • Scala (Acrilla) H. Adams, 1860
  • Scalaria (Acrilla) H. Adams, 1860
  • Scalaria (Adiscoacrilla) Sacco, 1890 (junior subjective synonym)

Acrilla is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.[1]

Species

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Synonyms

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  • Acrilla adenensis Jousseaume, 1912: synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Acrilla analogica Barnard, 1963: synonym of Plastiscala analogica (Barnard, 1963) (original combination)
  • Acrilla cophinodes (Melvill, 1904): synonym of Epitonium cophinodes (Melvill, 1904)
  • Acrilla decussata (Lamarck, 1804) : synonym of † Amaea decussata (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Acrilla gracilis H. Adams, 1860: synonym of Scalaria minor G. B. Sowerby II, 1873: synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Scalaria gracilis G.B. Sowerby II, 1844; Scalaria minor G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 is a replacement name.)
  • Acrilla hedleyi (de Boury, 1912): synonym of Amaea hedleyi (de Boury, 1912) (superseded combination)
  • Acrilla kaiparaensis Laws, 1944: synonym of † Cylindriscala kaiparaensis (Laws, 1944) (original combination)
  • Acrilla natalis Barnard, 1963: synonym of Amaea natalis (Barnard, 1963)
  • Acrilla recreata (de Boury, 1919): synonym of Epitonium kraussi (Nyst, 1873)
  • Acrilla thalia Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (junior synonym)
  • Acrilla weigandi (Böse, 1910) : synonym of † Amaea ferminiana (Dall, 1908)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acrilla H. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517581 on 12 March 2024
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