Acrilla
genus of molluscs
Acrilla is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.
Species
Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
† Acrilla affinis (Deshayes, 1861)
† Acrilla constantinensis Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902
† Acrilla crebrilamellata (Tate, 1890)
† Acrilla cuisensis de Boury, 1887
† Acrilla desertorum (Wanner, 1902)
† Acrilla deslongchampsi (de Raincourt & Munier-Chalmas, 1863)
† Acrilla essomiensis de Boury, 1887
† Acrilla fayellensis de Boury, 1887
† Acrilla fourtaui Cossmann, 1901
† Acrilla gallica de Boury, 1887
† Acrilla grignonensis (Cossmann, 1888)
† Acrilla lamberti (Deshayes, 1861)
† Acrilla leptalea (Tate, 1893)
Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873)
† Acrilla miobronni (Sacco, 1891)
† Acrilla perangusta (de Boury, 1913)
† Acrilla phoenix (de Boury, 1913)
† Acrilla praedecussata de Boury, 1912
† Acrilla reticulata (Solander in Brander, 1766)
† Acrilla semicostata (J. Sowerby, 1814)
Synonyms
Acrilla adenensis Jousseaume, 1912: synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (junior subjective synonym)
Acrilla analogica Barnard, 1963: synonym of Plastiscala analogica (Barnard, 1963) (original combination)
Acrilla cophinodes (Melvill, 1904): synonym of Epitonium cophinodes (Melvill, 1904)
† Acrilla decussata (Lamarck, 1804) : synonym of † Amaea decussata (Lamarck, 1804)
Acrilla gracilis H. Adams, 1860: synonym of Scalaria minor G. B. Sowerby II, 1873: synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Scalaria gracilis G.B. Sowerby II, 1844; Scalaria minor G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 is a replacement name.)
Acrilla hedleyi (de Boury, 1912): synonym of Amaea hedleyi (de Boury, 1912) (superseded combination)
† Acrilla kaiparaensis Laws, 1944: synonym of † Cylindriscala kaiparaensis (Laws, 1944) (original combination)
Acrilla natalis Barnard, 1963: synonym of Amaea natalis (Barnard, 1963)
Acrilla recreata (de Boury, 1919): synonym of Epitonium kraussi (Nyst, 1873)
Acrilla thalia Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (junior synonym)
† Acrilla weigandi (Böse, 1910) : synonym of † Amaea ferminiana (Dall, 1908)
References
External links
Adams, H. (1860). Description of a new genus and species of mollusk. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28 (1860): 241–242
Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana. 8(3): 281–356; 9(2): 185–340
Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature.
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