# Acirsa

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***Acirsa*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [predatory](/source/Predatory) [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [prosobranch](/source/Prosobranch) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Epitoniidae](/source/Epitoniidae). They are commonly known as **wentletraps**.[2]

## Species

According to the [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species), the following species with valid names are included within the genus *Acirsa* :[2]

The following species are also named by [ITIS](/source/ITIS) and in the book *New Zealand Mollusca*, by A. Powell [3]

**Species brought into synonymy**

- *Acirsa annectens* A. W. B. Powell, 1951: synonym of *[Gregorioiscala annectens](/source/Gregorioiscala_annectens)* A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- *Acirsa berryi*: synonym of*[Couthouyella menesthoides](/source/Couthouyella_menesthoides)* Carpenter, 1864
- *Acirsa chitaniana* Yokoyama, 1926: synonym of *[Acirsa martensi](/source/Acirsa_martensi)* de Boury, 1913
- *Acirsa corsicana* Nordsieck F., 1974 : synonym of *[Opalia coronata](/source/Opalia_coronata)* R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840
- *Acirsa costulata*: synonym of *Acirsa borealis* Lyell, 1841
- *Acirsa exopleura* : synonym of *[Opalia exopleura](/source/Opalia_exopleura)* Dall, 1917
- *Acirsa gracilis* : synonym of *[Periapta pandion](/source/Periapta_pandion)* Clench & Turner, 1952
- *Acirsa hedleyi* de Boury, 1912: synonym of *[Amaea hedleyi](/source/Amaea_hedleyi)* de Boury, 1912
- *Acirsa menesthoides*: synonym of *[Couthouyella menesthoides](/source/Couthouyella_menesthoides)* Carpenter, 1864
- *Acirsa morchi* Angas, 1871: synonym of *[Plastiscala morchi](/source/Plastiscala_morchi)* Angas, 1871
- *Acirsa praelonga* Jeffreys, 1877: synonym of *[Papuliscala praelonga](/source/Papuliscala_praelonga)* Jeffreys, 1877
- *Acirsa sarsii* Kobelt, 1903: synonym of *[Gregorioiscala sarsii](/source/Gregorioiscala_sarsii)* Kobelt, 1903
- *Acirsa subcarinata* (Murdoch, R. & H. Suter, 1906): synonym of *[Aclis subcarinata](/source/Aclis_subcarinata)* (Murdoch, R. & H. Suter, 1906)
- *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.[4]

## References

1. [Mørch O. A. (1857). Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr. \[in\] Rink, Grønland geographisk og statistik beskrivet. Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein : 75-100](https://books.google.com/books?id=lGUwAQAAMAAJ)

1. 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](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137935) on 29 May 2012

1. [Powell A W B](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), *New Zealand Mollusca*, [William Collins Publishers Ltd](/source/HarperCollins), Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

1. [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](http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14485113)

- 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.](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318)
- [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](https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200611152020/https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/) 2020-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
- [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](http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416)
- [Acirsa subdecussata : D. Dhora : Mollusks of Albania; Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 61 (3), 537-553, 2009](https://web.archive.org/web/20110723055628/http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2009/0354-46640903537D.pdf)
- [Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. Journal de Conchyliologie. 57(3): 255-258](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416)
- [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](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16289890)
- [Kobelt, W. (1887-1908). Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien. 1: 1-171 pl. 1-28](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10278)
- [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](https://doi.org/10.1029/AR055)
- [Boury, E. de. (1890). Révision des Scalidae miocènes et pliocènes de l'Italie. Bullettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana. 14: 161-326, pl. 4.](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39282460)
- [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](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1)
- [Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1): 239-337](http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?)
- 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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