Acrilla fayellensis

Acrilla fayellensis
Shell of Acrilla fayellensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Acrilla
Species:
†A. fayellensis
Binomial name
†Acrilla fayellensis
de Boury, 1887
Synonyms
  • † Amaea (Acrilla) fayellensis (de Boury, 1887) superseded combination

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Picardy, France.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS. "Acrilla fayellensisde Boury, 1887 †". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1907 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 1–9
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 - Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132


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