Acrilla desertorum

Acrilla desertorum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]

Acrilla desertorum
Shell of Acrilla desertorum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Acrilla
Species:
†A. desertorum
Binomial name
†Acrilla desertorum
(Wanner, 1902)

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Paleocene strata in West Senegal.

References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Acrilla desertorum
  • Tessier (F.), 1952 Contribution à la stratigraphie et à la paléontologie de la partie ouest du Sénégal (Crétacé et Tertiaire).Tome 2, Troisième partie : Paléontologie, p. 281-463


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