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Acrilla acuminata

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Acrilla acuminata
Shell of Acrilla acuminata (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Acrilla
Species:
A. acuminata
Binomial name
Acrilla acuminata
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Aclis acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Amaea acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Epitonium acuminatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Scalaria acuminata G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 (original combination)
  • Scalaria subtilis var. laevis Grabau & S. G. King, 1928

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

Description

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The 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

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This marine species was found originally off Malacca, Malaysia. It also occurs off Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Australia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS. "Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ 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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Acrilla acuminata (G.B.Sowerby II, 1844)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
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