Acrilla
H. Adams, 1860
narrowly acuminate, with numerous, convex whorls; surface glossy with thread-like axial ribs, and fine spiral striae; no varices; aperture ovate, lip thin; umbilicus closed; basal cord and disc present.
Genotype:
Type species (o.d.) Actis acuminata
Literature cited:
Brown, L. & 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. Zootaxa. 3907(1). pp: 001-188
Kilburn, R.N (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1). pp: 239-337
Nakayama, T. (2003). A Review of Northwest Pacific Epitoniids. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 6. pp: 50
Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Murrell (2025).
off Jaiding District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Trawled by shrimp boats from sand and shell rubble at 120-140m.
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