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Acirsa Mörch, 1857 
AphiaID: 137935

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Epitonioidea (Superfamily) > Epitoniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Scalaria borealis Lyell, 1841 (type by monotypy)
Parent Epitoniidae Berry, 1910 (1812)
Synonymised
taxa		  Hemiacirsa de Boury, 1890 (synonym)
 Notacirsa Finlay, 1926 (synonym)
 Plesioacirsa de Boury, 1909 (synonym)
 Pseudoacirsa de Boury, 1909 (synonym)
Source  basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Species Acirsa amara Kilburn, 1985
Species Acirsa antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907)
Species Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)
  » Subspecies Acirsa borealis ochotensis (Middendorff, 1848) accepted as Acirsa ochotensis (Middendorff, 1848)
Species Acirsa cerralvoensis (DuShane, 1970)
Species Acirsa coarctata (Jeffreys, 1884)
Species Acirsa cookiana (Dell, 1956)
Species Acirsa martensi (de Boury, 1913)
Species Acirsa mcleani Sirenko, 2009
Species Acirsa morsei (Yokoyama, 1926)
Species Acirsa murrha (DuShane, 1970)
Species Acirsa ochotensis (Middendorff, 1848)
Species Acirsa sarsii Kobelt, 1903
Species Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Acirsa symphylla (Martens, 1878)

Species Acirsa annectens A. W. B. Powell, 1951 accepted as Gregorioiscala annectens (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
Species Acirsa berryi (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930) accepted as Couthouyella menesthoides (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Acirsa chitaniana (Yokoyama, 1926) accepted as Acirsa martensi (de Boury, 1913)
Species Acirsa corsicana Nordsieck, 1974 accepted as Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Acirsa costulata (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) accepted as Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)
Species Acirsa exopleura Dall, 1917 accepted as Opalia exopleura (Dall, 1917)
Species Acirsa gracilis Verrill, 1880 accepted as Periapta pandion (Clench & Turner, 1952)
Species Acirsa hedleyi (de Boury, 1912) accepted as Amaea hedleyi (de Boury, 1912)
Species Acirsa menesthoides Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Couthouyella menesthoides (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Acirsa praelonga Jeffreys, 1877 accepted as Papuliscala praelonga (Jeffreys, 1877)
Species Acirsa undulata (Sowerby II, 1844) accepted as Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137935
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-09-04 10:51:58Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-12-18 14:59:23Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2011-03-30 14:49:15Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137935 on 2013-05-24
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