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 :
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
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.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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