Acrilla leptalea
Appearance
Acrilla leptalea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
Family: | Epitoniidae |
Genus: | Acrilla |
Species: | †A. leptalea
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Binomial name | |
†Acrilla leptalea (Tate, 1893)
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Acrilla leptalea 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 were found in older Tertiary strata in Victoria, Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.