WoRMS taxon details
Acrilla H. Adams, 1860
517581 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517581)
accepted
Genus
Scalaria acuminata G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 accepted as Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) (type by original designation)
Amaea (Acrilla) H. Adams, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Epitonium (Acrilla) H. Adams, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Scala (Acrilla) H. Adams, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Scalaria (Acrilla) H. Adams, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Scalaria (Adiscoacrilla) Sacco, 1890 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- Species Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873)
- Subgenus Acrilla (Ferminoscala) Dall, 1908 accepted as Amaea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acrilla adenensis Jousseaume, 1912 accepted as Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acrilla analogica Barnard, 1963 accepted as Plastiscala analogica (Barnard, 1963) (original combination)
- Species Acrilla cophinodes (Melvill, 1904) accepted as Epitonium cophinodes (Melvill, 1904)
- Species Acrilla gracilis H. Adams, 1860 accepted as Scalaria minor G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 accepted as Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Scalaria gracilis G.B. Sowerby II, 1844; Scalaria minor G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 is a replacement name.)
- Species Acrilla hedleyi (de Boury, 1912) accepted as Amaea hedleyi (de Boury, 1912) (superseded combination)
- Species Acrilla natalis Barnard, 1963 accepted as Amaea natalis (Barnard, 1963)
- Species Acrilla recreata (de Boury, 1919) accepted as Epitonium kraussi (Nyst, 1873)
- Species Acrilla thalia Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Adams, H. (1860). Description of a new genus and species of mollusk. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28 [1860]: 241–242., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866787 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acrilla H. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517581 on 2026-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Adams, H. (1860). Description of a new genus and species of mollusk. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28 [1860]: 241–242., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866787 [details]
original description (of Scalaria (Adiscoacrilla) Sacco, 1890 †) Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. <em>Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana.</em> 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51667883
page(s): 321 [details]
basis of record Brown L.G. & 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Scalaria (Adiscoacrilla) Sacco, 1890 †) Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. <em>Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana.</em> 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51667883
page(s): 321 [details]
basis of record Brown L.G. & 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
