Acrilla desertorum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]
| Acrilla desertorum | |
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| Shell of Acrilla desertorum (specimen 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. desertorum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acrilla desertorum (Wanner, 1902)
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species have been found in Paleocene strata in West Senegal.
References
edit- 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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