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Acrilla

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Acrilla was named by Adams and Adams (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Scala (Acrilla) by Dall (1889); it was reranked as Scalaria (Acrilla) by Tate (1893); it was reranked as Epitonium (Acrilla) by Maury (1925) and Rivera (1957); it was reranked as Amaea (Acrilla) by Abbass (1967).

It was assigned to Scala by Dall (1889); to Scalaria by Tate (1893); to Epitonium by Maury (1925) and Rivera (1957); to Amaea by Abbass (1967); to Epitoniidae by Durham (1937), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Harris and Palmer (1947), Dockery (1977), Zinsmeister (1983), Squires and Demetrion (1992) and Wilson (1993); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Acrilla Adams and Adams
1889Scala (Acrilla) Dall p. 312
1893Scalaria (Acrilla) Tate p. 317
1925Epitonium (Acrilla) Maury p. 243
1937Acrilla Durham p. 506
1938Acrilla Turner p. 80
1944Acrilla Durham p. 158
1947Acrilla Harris and Palmer p. 244
1957Epitonium (Acrilla) Rivera p. 173
1967Amaea (Acrilla) Abbass p. 41
1977Acrilla Dockery p. 51
1983Acrilla Zinsmeister p. 1291
1992Acrilla Squires and Demetrion p. 28
1993Acrilla Wilson p. 274
2002Acrilla Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusAcrillaAdams and Adams 1860

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Acrilla Adams and Adams 1860
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Acrilla affinis Deshayes 1861
Acrilla procerus Zinsmeister 1983
Acrilla unilineata Heilprin 1880
Amaea (Acrilla) affinis Deshayes 1861
Amaea (Acrilla) gallica de Boury 1887
Amaea (Acrilla) issawii Abbass 1967
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. Durham 1937Shell thin, slender, medium size; whorls convex, with axial varices; faint spiral sculpture present; basal disk with spiral ribs; aperture oval to subquadrate; outer lip not thickened, inner lip thin, sometimes presenting only the aspect of a callus.