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WoRMS taxon details

Acirsa antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907)

AphiaID

197017 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197017)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acirsa Mörch, 1857

Original name

Scala antarctica E. A. Smith, 1907

Synonymised names

Opalia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907) · unaccepted

Scala antarctica E. A. Smith, 1907 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Scala antarctica E. A. Smith, 1907) Smith, E.A. (1907) Mollusca and Brachiopoda. National Antarctic Expedition, “Discovery”, Natural History, 2, 1–12, pl. 3.
page(s): 8, pl. 1, figs 10-10b. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in High seas of the Southern Ocean

type locality contained in High seas of the Southern Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acirsa antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197017 on 2026-03-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-03 15:46:48Z

created

db_admin

2011-03-24 18:08:57Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-12-24 13:43:58Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-01-29 09:57:49Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Scala antarctica E. A. Smith, 1907) Smith, E.A. (1907) Mollusca and Brachiopoda. National Antarctic Expedition, “Discovery”, Natural History, 2, 1–12, pl. 3.
page(s): 8, pl. 1, figs 10-10b. [details]

basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]