Acirsa is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.

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

1. Species brought into synonymy:

2. Acirsa annectens A. W. B. Powell, 1951: synonym of Gregorioiscala annectens A. W. B. Powell, 1951

3. Acirsa berryi: synonym of Couthouyella menesthoides Carpenter, 1864

4. Acirsa chitaniana Yokoyama, 1926: synonym of Acirsa martensi de Boury, 1913

5. Acirsa corsicana Nordsieck F., 1974 : synonym of Opalia coronata R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840

6. Acirsa costulata: synonym of Acirsa borealis Lyell, 1841

7. Acirsa exopleura : synonym of Opalia exopleura Dall, 1917

8. Acirsa gracilis : synonym of Periapta pandion Clench & Turner, 1952

9. Acirsa hedleyi de Boury, 1912: synonym of Amaea hedleyi de Boury, 1912

10. Acirsa menesthoides: synonym of Couthouyella menesthoides Carpenter, 1864

11. Acirsa morchi Angas, 1871: synonym of Plastiscala morchi Angas, 1871

12. Acirsa praelonga Jeffreys, 1877: synonym of Papuliscala praelonga Jeffreys, 1877

13. Acirsa sarsii Kobelt, 1903: synonym of Gregorioiscala sarsii Kobelt, 1903

14. Acirsa subcarinata (Murdoch, R. & H. Suter, 1906): synonym of Aclis subcarinata (Murdoch, R. & H. Suter, 1906)

15. 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.

References

• Nomura, S. (1939). Summary of the fossil and Recent Japanese Pyramidellidae, with the description of several new species. In: Jubilee Publication in the Commemoration of Professor H. Yabe M.I.A. Sixtieth Birthday, vol. 1: 119–156.

External links

• Mörch, O. A. L. (1857). Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100.

• Finlay H.J. (1926). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 227-258, pls 55-6

• Finlay H.J. (1926). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 227-258, pls 55-60

• Acirsa subdecussata : D. Dhora : Mollusks of Albania; Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 61 (3), 537-553, 2009

• Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. Journal de Conchyliologie. 57(3): 255-258

• Boury, E. de. (1911). Etude sur les sous-genres de Scalidae vivants et fossiles. Monographie des Gyroscala et des Circuloscala. Journal de Conchyliologie. 58(3): 212-260

• Kobelt, W. (1887-1908). Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien. 1: 1-171 pl. 1-28

• Stilwell, J. D.; Zinsmeister, W. J. (1992). Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series 55. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., ix + 192 pp

• Boury, E. de. (1890). Révision des Scalidae miocènes et pliocènes de l'Italie. Bullettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana. 14: 161-326, pl. 4.

• Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188

• Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1): 239-337

• 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