| Acrilla acuminata | |
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| Shell of Acrilla acuminata (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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) | |
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Acrilla acuminata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
Description
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.
Distribution
This marine species was found originally off Malacca, Malaysia. It also occurs off Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Australia.
References
- WoRMS. "Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- 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
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Acrilla acuminata (G.B.Sowerby II, 1844)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
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