Acrista pusilla is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acrista pusilla (Dunker, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1580914 on 2024-03-17
Description The length of the shell attains 4 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is small, oblong-ovate and subfusiform. The shell contains 8-9 convex whorls with longitudinal ribs and is transversely lined with striae. The 7-8 ribs are thick in the body whorl. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is thickened and is internally denticulate. The colour of the shell is yellow, the interstices of the ribs are marked with darker lines. Dunker, W. (1871). Mollusca nova Musei Godeffroy Hamburgensis. Malakozoologische Blätter. 18: 150-175
Distribution This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands.
References
External links Tardy, E. & Stahlschmidt, P. (2022). Shallow water turrids of Ile des Pins, New Caledonia (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 129(1): 167-219