Photo credit: (c) mister_bumble, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Acrilla acuminata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Acrilla acuminata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 13 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–30 °C
Photos
(c) Priyanshu Pradhan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ウネナシイトカケ
- Korean
- 송곳실꾸리고둥
Other scientific names: Aclis acuminata, Amaea acuminata, Epitonium acuminatum, Scalaria acuminata
Similar species
- Pallas' Wentletrap
Epitonium pallasi
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 105 open-data records from 1844 to 2012.
- Species data updated October 27, 2026.
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