Acrista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae.[1]
| Acrista | |
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| Acrista sp. (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clathurellidae |
| Genus: | Acrista Hedley, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Lienardia punctilla Hedley, 1922
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| Synonyms | |
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Lienardia (Acrista) Hedley, 1922 (original rank) | |
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from Madagascar to Fiji; also off Australia (Queensland) and Papua New Guinea.
Species
edit- Acrista latirella (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
- Acrista nana (Hervier, 1896)
- Acrista punctilla (Hedley, 1922): the spotted turret
- Acrista pusilla (Dunker, 1871)
- Acrista tuberculifera (Hervier, 1896)
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Acrista Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577977 on 2016-04-11
- Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
External links
edit- Hedley, 1922; Records of the Australian Museum, 13(6): 285.
- Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
- Tardy, E. & Stahlschmidt, P. (2022). Shallow water turrids of Ile des Pins, New Caledonia (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 129(1): 167-219
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