''Acirsa'' is a
genus of
predatory sea snail
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prosobranch gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusks in the
family Epitoniidae
Wentletraps are small, often white, very high-spired, predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.Gofas, S. (2010). Epitoniidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollu ...
. They are commonly known as wentletraps.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137935 on 29 May 2012]
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Acirsa'' :
* ''
Acirsa amara
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
Kilburn, 1985
* ''
Acirsa antarctica
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(E. A. Smith, 1907)
* ''
Acirsa borealis''
(Lyell, 1841) - chalky wentletrap, Okhotsk wentletrap
* ''
Acirsa cerralvoensis''
(DuShane, 1970)
* ''
Acirsa coarctata''
(Jeffreys, 1884)
** ''
Acirsa coarctata coarctata''
(Jeffreys, J.G., 1884)
** ''
Acirsa coarctata distantespirata''
Nordsieck, F., 1972
* ''
Acirsa cookiana''
(Dell, 1956)
* ''
Acirsa martensi''
(de Boury, 1913)
* ''
Acirsa mcleani''
Sirenko, 2009
* ''
Acirsa morsei''
(Yokoyama, 1926)
* ''
Acirsa murrha''
(DuShane, 1970)
* ''
Acirsa ochotensis''
(Middendorff, 1848)
* ''
Acirsa subdecussata''
(Cantraine, 1835)
* ''
Acirsa symphylla
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(Martens, 1878)
The following species are also named by
ITIS and in the book ''New Zealand Mollusca'', by A. Powell
* ''
Acirsa americana
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Wade, B., 1926
* ''
Acirsa bezanconi
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Boury, E.A. de, 1883
* ''
Acirsa clathrata
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Sohl, N.F., 1964
* ''
Acirsa cretacea
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' (Wade, B., 1917)
* ''
Acirsa culmosa
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Sohl, N.F., 1964
* ''
Acirsa elatum
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' (Suter, H., 1917)
* ''
Acirsa entrichti
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Nordsieck, F., 1968
* ''
Acirsa eschrichti
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Hölboll, 1842
* ''
Acirsa flexicostata
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Sohl, N.F., 1964
* ''
Acirsa gravida'' Sohl, N.F., 1964
* ''
Acirsa implexa
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
Sohl, N.F., 1964
* ''
Acirsa microstriata
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Wade, B., 1917
* ''
Acirsa otogoensis
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Stilwell, J.D., 1994
* ''
Acirsa pelagica
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' (
Risso, A., 1826)
* ''
Acirsa subcarinata'' Murdoch, R. & H. Suter, 1906
* ''
Acirsa turrita'' Parona, 1894
* ''
Acirsa vayssierei''
* ''
Acirsa wadei
''Acirsa'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Cossmann, A.E.M., 1925
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Acirsa annectens'' A. W. B. Powell, 1951: synonym of ''
Gregorioiscala annectens
''Gregorioiscala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gregorioiscala Cossmann, 1912. Accessed thro ...
'' (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
* ''Acirsa berryi'': synonym of''
Couthouyella menesthoides'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* ''Acirsa chitaniana''
(Yokoyama, 1926): synonym of ''
Acirsa martensi''
(de Boury, 1913)
* ''Acirsa corsicana''
Nordsieck F., 1974 : synonym of ''Acirsa subdecussata'' (Cantraine, 1835)
* ''Acirsa costulata'': synonym of ''Acirsa borealis'' (Lyell, 1841)
* ''Acirsa exopleura'' : synonym of ''
Opalia exopleura
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'' (Dall, 1917)
* ''Acirsa gracilis'' : synonym of ''
Periapta pandion
''Periapta '' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae
Wentletraps are small, often white, very high-spired, predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniida ...
'' (Clench & Turner, 1952)
* ''Acirsa hedleyi'' (de Boury, 1912): synonym of ''
Amaea hedleyi'' (de Boury, 1912)
* ''Acirsa menesthoides'': synonym of ''
Couthouyella menesthoides'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* ''Acirsa praelonga'' Jeffreys, 1877: synonym of ''
Papuliscala praelonga
''Papuliscala'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Epitoniidae of the superfamily Epitonioidea, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2010). Papuliscala de Boury, 1911 . In: Bouchet, P.; G ...
'' (Jeffreys, 1877)
* ''Acirsa sarsii''
Kobelt, 1903: synonym of ''
Gregorioiscala sarsii
''Gregorioiscala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gregorioiscala Cossmann, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
''
(Kobelt, 1903)
* ''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
Squires & Saul, ''New Late Cretaceous epitoniid and zygopleurid gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America''; The Veliger, 2003, vol. 46, no1, pp. 20-49; ISSN 0042-3211
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References
External links
Acirsa subdecussata : D. Dhora : Mollusks of Albania; Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 61 (3), 537-553, 2009
* 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
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Epitoniidae
Taxa named by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch