Acrilla gallica
Appearance
Acrilla gallica | |
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Shells of Acrilla gallica (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
Family: | Epitoniidae |
Genus: | Acrilla |
Species: | †A. gallica
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Binomial name | |
†Acrilla gallica de Boury, 1887
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Synonyms | |
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Acrilla gallica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene (Bartonian) strata in Upper Normandy, France.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ WoRMS. "Acrilla gallica de Boury, 1887 †". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Acrilla gallica de Boury, 1887". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
Fruther reading
[edit]- Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1907 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 1-9 (
- Cossmann (M.), 1912 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 9, p. 1-215
- 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