Acirsa
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Acirsa borealis 001.jpg
| image_caption = Acirsa borealis shell (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
| taxon = Acirsa
| authority = Mörch, 1857[https://books.google.com/books?id=lGUwAQAAMAAJ Mørch O. A. (1857). Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr. [in] Rink, Grønland geographisk og statistik beskrivet. Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein : 75-100]
| type_species = Scalaria borealis Lyell, 1841
| synonyms = {{species list
| Acirsa (Acirsa) | Mörch, 1857 (alternate representation)
| †Acirsa (Acirsella) | de Boury, 1887 (alternate representation)
| Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) | de Boury, 1890
| Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) | de Boury, 1909
| Hemiacirsa | de Boury, 1890
| †Kallosinistrala | Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
| Notacirsa | Finlay, 1926
| Plastiscala | Iredale, 1936
| Plesioacirsa | de Boury, 1909
| Pseudacirsa | Kobelt, 1905
| Pseudoacirsa | de Boury, 1909
| Scala (Hemiacirsa) | de Boury, 1890
| Scala (Plastiscala) | Iredale, 1936 (junior subjective synonym)
| Scala (Plesioacirsa) | de Boury, 1909
| Scala (Pseudacirsa) | Kobelt, 1903
| Scala (Pseudoacirsa) | de Boury, 1909 (original rank)
| Scala (Tumidiacirsa) | de Boury, 1911 (unnecessary replacement for Pseudoacirsa (de Boury, 1909))
| Scalaria (Acirsa) | Mörch, 1857
| Turbonilla (Mormurella) | Nomura, 1939
| Turritella | Wollaston, 1878
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| display_parents = 3
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Acirsa is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137935 on 29 May 2012
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Acirsa :
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| †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
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The following species are also named by ITIS and in the book New Zealand Mollusca, by A. Powell Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
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| 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
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;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.[http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14485113 Squires & Saul, New Late Cretaceous epitoniid and zygopleurid gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America; The Veliger, 2003, vol. 46, no1, pp. 20-49; ISSN 0042-3211]
References
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- 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
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318 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.]
- [https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/ 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]
- [http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416 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]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110723055628/http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2009/0354-46640903537D.pdf Acirsa subdecussata : D. Dhora : Mollusks of Albania; Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 61 (3), 537-553, 2009]
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416 Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. Journal de Conchyliologie. 57(3): 255-258]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16289890 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]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10278 Kobelt, W. (1887-1908). Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien. 1: 1-171 pl. 1-28]
- [https://doi.org/10.1029/AR055 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]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39282460 Boury, E. de. (1890). Révision des Scalidae miocènes et pliocènes de l'Italie. Bullettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana. 14: 161-326, pl. 4.]
- [https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 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]
- [http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf? 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
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