Misplaced Pages

Acrilla fourtaui

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of gastropod

Acrilla fourtaui
Shell of Acrilla fourtaui (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Acrilla
Species: A. fourtaui
Binomial name
Acrilla fourtaui
Cossmann, 1901

Acrilla fourtaui is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Egypt

References

  1. MNHN, Paris: Acrilla fourtaui
  • Cossmann (M.), 1901 - Additions à la faune nummulitique d'Égypte. Bulletin de l'Institut Égyptien, sér. 4, t. 1, vol. 6, p. 173-197


Taxon identifiers
Acrilla fourtaui


This Epitoniidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This prehistoric gastropod article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: