Acirsa borealis
creator: Claus, Simon
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159951 on 2026-08-30
created: 2005-05-30T15:01:42Z
modified: 2010-03-31T08:40:42Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)
class: Gastropoda
family: Epitoniidae
genus: Acirsa
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Lyell, C. (1841). Remarks on some fossil and Recent shells, collected by Captain Bayfield, R.N., in Canada. Transactions of the Geological Society of London. (2)6(1):135–141, pl. 16.
name published in: Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4.
name published in: Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 4(1): 76-97.
name published in: Posselt, H.J. (1898) Groenlands Brachiopoder og Bloeddyr. Meddelelser om Groenland, 23, 1–298 pp., 2 pls.
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35. London, privately published.
name published in: Waller, E. (1858). On the discovery in Ireland of new shells. The Journal of the Royal Dublin Society. 2:29-33.
name published in year: 1841
name published in year: 1842
name published in year: 1898
name published in year: 1844
name published in year: 1858
order: Caenogastropoda incertae sedis
parent name usage ID: 137935
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Lyell, 1841)
specific epithet: borealis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted