Acrilla deslongchampsi


Acrilla deslongchampsi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.

Description

The length of the shell is up to 12 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
The elongated shell is turbinate, turriculate and acuminate at its top. It contains nine convex whorls, decorated with longitudinal, equal, projecting ribs, strongly curved towards the suture, having, as a whole, the general shape of an S. The interstices of the ribs are smooth. The suture is deep. The body whorl is similar to the others, carrying at its base a disc whose straight, projecting radiations correspond to the transverse ribs. The simple aperture is round.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Val-d'Oise, France.