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Acus Gray, 1847 
AphiaID: 437432

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Conoidea (Superfamily) > Terebridae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Acus Lacépède, 1803 [Pisces]; Oxymeris is a replacement name)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Oxymeris Dall, 1903
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758 (type by monotypy)
Parent Terebridae Mörch, 1852
Source  basis of record: Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates. [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Acus lineopunctatus Bozzetti, 2008

Species Acus albidus (Gray, 1834) accepted as Oxymeris albida (Gray, 1834)
Species Acus antarctica E. A. Smith, 1873 accepted as Euterebra tristis (Deshayes, 1859)
Species Acus areolatus (Link, 1807) accepted as Oxymeris areolata (Link, 1807)
Species Acus assimilis Angas, 1867 accepted as Euterebra tristis (Deshayes, 1859)
Species Acus bicolor Angas, 1867 accepted as Euterebra tristis (Deshayes, 1859)
Species Acus caledonicus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) accepted as Oxymeris caledonica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909)
Species Acus chloratus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Oxymeris chlorata (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Acus concavus (Say, 1826) accepted as Terebra concava (Say, 1826)
Species Acus crenulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acus dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859) accepted as Oxymeris dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
Species Acus dimidiatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acus dislocatus (Say, 1822) accepted as Terebra dislocata (Say, 1822)
Species Acus eburnea (Hinds, 1844) accepted as Perirhoe eburnea (Hinds, 1844)
Species Acus fatua (Hinds, 1844) accepted as Oxymeris fatua (Hinds, 1844)
Species Acus felinus (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acus rushii (Dall, 1889) accepted as Terebra rushii Dall, 1889
Species Acus senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Oxymeris senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Acus strigatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Oxymeris strigata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Species Acus suffusus (Pease, 1869) accepted as Oxymeris suffusa (Pease, 1869)
Species Acus thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921) accepted as Oxymeris costellifera (Pease, 1869)
Species Acus trochlea (Deshayes, 1857) accepted as Oxymeris trochlea (Deshayes, 1857)
Species Acus troendlei (Bratcher, 1981) accepted as Oxymeris troendlei (Bratcher, 1981)
Note  Nomenclature: Despite its termination, Acus should be feminine in gender, according to classical Latin dictionnaries. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:437432
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-12-07 16:48:36Z  created  Terryn, Yves
2010-07-30 10:03:10Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2011-03-05 08:43:22Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Terryn, Y. (2013). Acus Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437432 on 2013-05-24
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