- Source: Acirsa
Acirsa is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Acirsa :
†Acirsa aersispira Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
Acirsa amara Kilburn, 1985
Acirsa antarctica E. A. Smith, 1907
†Acirsa antarctodelicata Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
†Acirsa auversiensis Deshayes, 1861
†Acirsa awamoaensis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1921
†Acirsa bezanconi de Boury, 1883
Acirsa borealis Lyell, 1841
†Acirsa canicularis Lamarck, 1804
Acirsa cerralvoensis DuShane, 1970
Acirsa coarctata Jeffreys, 1884
Acirsa coarctata coarctata Jeffreys, J.G., 1884
Acirsa coarctata distantespirata Nordsieck, F., 1972
Acirsa cookiana Dell, 1956
†Acirsa cylindracea Fenaux, 1937
†Acirsa erasa Deshayes, 1861
†Acirsa funiculosa Cossmann, 1888
†Acirsa gracilis Fenaux, 1938 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Acirsa gracilis (Verrill, 1880), a replacement name is needed)
†Acirsa lampra Tate, 1890
†Acirsa lanceolata Brocchi, 1814
†Acirsa lhommei de Boury, 1913
Acirsa martensi de Boury, 1913
Acirsa mcleani Sirenko, 2009
†Acirsa mioplicatula Kautsky, 1925
Acirsa morsei Yokoyama, 1926
Acirsa murrha DuShane, 1970
†Acirsa oamarutica Suter, 1917
Acirsa ochotensis Middendorff, 1848
†Acirsa pacifica Wilckens, 1922
†Acirsa polynema Tate, 1890
Acirsa pratoma Dall, 1919
†Acirsa primaeva de Boury, 1887
†Acirsa prisca Suter, 1917
†Acirsa sceauxsensis Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 †
†Acirsa semicorrugata Chirli, 2009
†Acirsa striatula Deshayes, 1832
Acirsa subdecussata Cantraine, 1835
†Acirsa subnodulosa P. A. Maxwell, 1988
†Acirsa subplicata Deshayes, 1861
†Acirsa subtenuistriata d'Orbigny, 1850
Acirsa symphylla Martens, 1878
†Acirsa transversaria Deshayes, 1861
†Acirsa turriculata Fenaux, 1937
†Acirsa vetusta P. A. Maxwell, 1992
†Acirsa woodburnei Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
The following species are also named by ITIS and in the book New Zealand Mollusca, by A. Powell
Acirsa americana Wade, B., 1926
Acirsa clathrata Sohl, N.F., 1964
Acirsa cretacea Wade, B., 1917
Acirsa culmosa Sohl, N.F., 1964
Acirsa elatum Suter, H., 1917
Acirsa entrichti Nordsieck, F., 1968
Acirsa eschrichti Hölboll, 1842
Acirsa flexicostata Sohl, N.F., 1964
Acirsa gravida Sohl, N.F., 1964
Acirsa implexa Sohl, N.F., 1964
Acirsa microstriata Wade, B., 1917
Acirsa otogoensis Stilwell, J.D., 1994
Acirsa pelagica Risso, A., 1826
Acirsa turrita Parona, 1894
Acirsa vayssierei
Acirsa wadei Cossmann, A.E.M., 1925
Species brought into synonymy
Acirsa annectens A. W. B. Powell, 1951: synonym of Gregorioiscala annectens A. W. B. Powell, 1951
Acirsa berryi: synonym of Couthouyella menesthoides Carpenter, 1864
Acirsa chitaniana Yokoyama, 1926: synonym of Acirsa martensi de Boury, 1913
Acirsa corsicana Nordsieck F., 1974 : synonym of Opalia coronata R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840
Acirsa costulata: synonym of Acirsa borealis Lyell, 1841
Acirsa exopleura : synonym of Opalia exopleura Dall, 1917
Acirsa gracilis : synonym of Periapta pandion Clench & Turner, 1952
Acirsa hedleyi de Boury, 1912: synonym of Amaea hedleyi de Boury, 1912
Acirsa menesthoides: synonym of Couthouyella menesthoides Carpenter, 1864
Acirsa morchi Angas, 1871: synonym of Plastiscala morchi Angas, 1871
Acirsa praelonga Jeffreys, 1877: synonym of Papuliscala praelonga Jeffreys, 1877
Acirsa sarsii Kobelt, 1903: synonym of Gregorioiscala sarsii Kobelt, 1903
Acirsa subcarinata (Murdoch, R. & H. Suter, 1906): synonym of Aclis subcarinata (Murdoch, R. & H. Suter, 1906)
Acirsa undulata: synonym of Acirsa borealis Lyell, 1841
Some new species (Acirsa alpha, Acirsa beta, Acirsa delta, and Acirsa epsilon) have been named by Squires and Saul in 2003.
References
Nomura, S. (1939). Summary of the fossil and Recent Japanese Pyramidellidae, with the description of several new species. In: Jubilee Publication in the Commemoration of Professor H. Yabe M.I.A. Sixtieth Birthday, vol. 1: 119-156.
External links
Mörch, O. A. L. (1857). Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100.
Finlay H.J. (1926). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 227-258, pls 55-6
Finlay H.J. (1926). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 227-258, pls 55-60
Acirsa subdecussata : D. Dhora : Mollusks of Albania; Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 61 (3), 537-553, 2009
Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. Journal de Conchyliologie. 57(3): 255-258
Boury, E. de. (1911). Etude sur les sous-genres de Scalidae vivants et fossiles. Monographie des Gyroscala et des Circuloscala. Journal de Conchyliologie. 58(3): 212-260
Kobelt, W. (1887-1908). Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien. 1: 1-171 pl. 1-28
Stilwell, J. D.; Zinsmeister, W. J. (1992). Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series 55. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., ix + 192 pp
Boury, E. de. (1890). Révision des Scalidae miocènes et pliocènes de l'Italie. Bullettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana. 14: 161-326, pl. 4.
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. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188
Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1): 239-337
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213