Acrista (gastropod) explained

Acrista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from Madagascar to Fiji; also off Australia (Queensland) and Papua New Guinea.

Species

• 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

• 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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