Acrilla phoenix is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]
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| Shell of † Acrilla phoenix (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Acrilla |
| Species: | †A. phoenix
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acrilla phoenix de Boury, 1913
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| Synonyms | |
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† Scala (Acrilla) phoenix de Boury, 1913 | |
Distribution edit
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in the Landes, France
References edit
- de Boury (E.), 1913 - Description de Scalidae nouveaux ou peu connus (suite). Journal de Conchyliologie, t. 60, vol. 1, p. 269-322
- Cossmann (M.) & Peyrot (A.), 1922 - Conchologie néogènique de l'Aquitaine. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, t. 73, p. 5-321
- Cossmann (M.) & Peyrot (A.), 1922 - Conchologie néogènique de l'Aquitaine. Extraits des Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. Ouvrage couronné par l'Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Bordeaux, t. 4, vol. 1, p. 1-322
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