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Acirsa Mörch, 1857
137935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137935)
accepted
Genus
Scalaria borealis Lyell, 1841 accepted as Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841) (type by monotypy)
Acirsa (Acirsa) Mörch, 1857 · alternative representation
Acirsa (Acirsella) de Boury, 1886 † · alternative representation
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) de Boury, 1909 · unaccepted
Kallosinistrala Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 † · unaccepted
Notacirsa Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plastiscala Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plesioacirsa de Boury, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudacirsa Kobelt, 1903 · unaccepted
Pseudoacirsa de Boury, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scala (Hemiacirsa) de Boury, 1890 · unaccepted
Scala (Plastiscala) Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scala (Plesioacirsa) de Boury, 1909 · unaccepted
Scala (Pseudacirsa) Kobelt, 1903 · unaccepted
Scala (Pseudoacirsa) de Boury, 1909 · unaccepted (original rank)
Scala (Tumidiacirsa) de Boury, 1911 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement for...)
unnecessary replacement for Pseudoacirsa de Boury, 1909
Scalaria (Acirsa) Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted
Turbonilla (Mormurella) Nomura, 1939 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Acirsa aersispira (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) †
- Species Acirsa amara Kilburn, 1985
- Species Acirsa antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907)
- Species Acirsa antarctodelicata (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) †
- Species Acirsa auversiensis (Deshayes, 1861) †
- Species Acirsa awamoaensis (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1921) †
- Species Acirsa bezanconi (de Boury, 1883) †
- Species Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)
- Species Acirsa canicularis (Lamarck, 1804) †
- Species Acirsa cerralvoensis (DuShane, 1970)
- Species Acirsa coarctata (Jeffreys, 1884)
- Species Acirsa cooki (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) †
- Species Acirsa cookiana (Dell, 1956)
- Species Acirsa culmosa Sohl, 1964 †
- Species Acirsa cylindracea Fenaux, 1937 †
- Species Acirsa erasa (Deshayes, 1861) †
- Species Acirsa funiculosa Cossmann, 1888 †
- Species Acirsa fusiformis Harzhauser & Landau, 2025 †
- Species Acirsa gracilis Fenaux, 1938 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Acirsa gracilis Verrill, 1880, a replacement name is needed)
- Species Acirsa gravida Sohl, 1964 †
- Species Acirsa koskeridouae Harzhauser & Landau, 2025 †
- Species Acirsa lampra (Tate, 1890) †
- Species Acirsa lanceolata (Brocchi, 1814) †
- Species Acirsa lhommei de Boury, 1913 †
- Species Acirsa martensi (de Boury, 1913)
- Species Acirsa mcleani Sirenko, 2009
- Species Acirsa mioplicatula Kautsky, 1925 †
- Species Acirsa morsei (Yokoyama, 1926)
- Species Acirsa murrha (DuShane, 1970)
- Species Acirsa oamarutica (Suter, 1917) †
- Species Acirsa ochotensis (Middendorff, 1849)
- Species Acirsa pacifica (Wilckens, 1922) †
- Species Acirsa penepolaris (S. V. Wood, 1872) †
- Species Acirsa plana Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1950 †
- Species Acirsa polynema (Tate, 1890) †
- Species Acirsa pratoma (Dall, 1919)
- Species Acirsa primaeva de Boury, 1887 †
- Species Acirsa prisca (Suter, 1917) †
- Species Acirsa quadristriata (R. A. Philippi, 1841) †
- Species Acirsa sceauxsensis Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 †
- Species Acirsa semicorrugata Chirli, 2009 †
- Species Acirsa striatula (Deshayes, 1832) †
- Species Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835)
- Species Acirsa subnodulosa (P. A. Maxwell, 1988) †
- Species Acirsa subplicata (Deshayes, 1861) †
- Species Acirsa subtenuistriata (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
- Species Acirsa symphylla (E. von Martens, 1878)
- Species Acirsa transversaria (Deshayes, 1861) †
- Species Acirsa turriculata Fenaux, 1937 †
- Species Acirsa vetusta (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) †
- Species Acirsa woodburnei (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) †
- Subgenus Acirsa (Cerithiscala) de Boury, 1887 † accepted as Cerithiscala de Boury, 1887 †
- Subgenus Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) de Boury, 1890 accepted as Hemiacirsa de Boury, 1890 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) cylindracea Fenaux, 1938 † accepted as Acirsa cylindracea Fenaux, 1937 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) drevermanni Cossmann, 1912 † accepted as Hemiacirsa drevermanni (Cossmann, 1912) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) lhommei de Boury, 1913 † accepted as Acirsa lhommei de Boury, 1913 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) penepolaris (S. V. Wood, 1872) † accepted as Acirsa penepolaris (S. V. Wood, 1872) † (subgenus is a junior synonym)
- Species Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) perlaqueata (Conrad, 1841) † accepted as Hemiacirsa perlaqueata (Conrad, 1841) †
- Subgenus Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) de Boury, 1909 accepted as Acirsa Mörch, 1857
- Species Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) corsicana F. Nordsieck, 1974 accepted as Opalia coronata (R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840) (synonym)
- Species Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) culmosa Sohl, 1964 † accepted as Acirsa culmosa Sohl, 1964 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) gravida Sohl, 1964 † accepted as Acirsa gravida Sohl, 1964 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) mioplicatula Kautsky, 1925 † accepted as Acirsa mioplicatula Kautsky, 1925 †
- Species Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) subtenuistriata (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † accepted as Acirsa subtenuistriata (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
- Species Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) auversiensis (Deshayes, 1861) † represented as Acirsa auversiensis (Deshayes, 1861) †
- Species Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) funiculosa Cossmann, 1888 † represented as Acirsa funiculosa Cossmann, 1888 †
- Subgenus Acirsa (Proacirsa) Cossmann, 1912 † accepted as Proacirsa Cossmann, 1912 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Acirsa (Tenuiscala) de Boury, 1887 † accepted as Tenuiscala de Boury, 1887
- Species Acirsa albemarlensis Dall & Ochsner, 1928 † accepted as Asperiscala albemarlensis (Dall & Ochsner, 1928) † accepted as Epitonium indistinctum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- Species Acirsa annectens A. W. B. Powell, 1951 accepted as Gregorioiscala annectens (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
- Species Acirsa berryi (F. Baker, G. D. Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1930) accepted as Couthouyella menesthoides (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Acirsa chitaniana (Yokoyama, 1926) accepted as Acirsa martensi (de Boury, 1913) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acirsa costulata (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) accepted as Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)
- Species Acirsa exopleura Dall, 1917 accepted as Opalia exopleura (Dall, 1917)
- Species Acirsa gracilis A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Periapta gracilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa hedleyi (de Boury, 1912) accepted as Amaea hedleyi (de Boury, 1912)
- Species Acirsa menesthoides P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Couthouyella menesthoides (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Acirsa morchi (Angas, 1871) accepted as Plastiscala morchi (Angas, 1871)
- Species Acirsa praelonga Jeffreys, 1877 accepted as Papuliscala praelonga (Jeffreys, 1877) (original combination)
- Species Acirsa sarsii (Kobelt, 1903) accepted as Gregorioiscala sarsii (Kobelt, 1903)
- Species Acirsa undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) accepted as Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)
- Subgenus Acirsa (Acirsa) Mörch, 1857 represented as Acirsa Mörch, 1857
- Species Acirsa (Acirsa) funiculosa Cossmann, 1888 † accepted as Acirsa funiculosa Cossmann, 1888 †
- Subgenus Acirsa (Acirsella) de Boury, 1886 † represented as Acirsa Mörch, 1857
- Species Acirsa (Acirsella) canicularis (Lamarck, 1804) † accepted as Acirsa canicularis (Lamarck, 1804) †
- Species Acirsa (Acirsella) erasa (Deshayes, 1861) † accepted as Acirsa erasa (Deshayes, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Acirsella) gracilis Fenaux, 1938 † accepted as Acirsa gracilis Fenaux, 1938 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Acirsella) inermis (Deshayes, 1861) † accepted as Acirsa canicularis (Lamarck, 1804) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acirsa (Acirsella) striatula (Deshayes, 1832) † accepted as Acirsa striatula (Deshayes, 1832) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Acirsella) transversaria (Deshayes, 1861) † accepted as Acirsa transversaria (Deshayes, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Acirsella) turriculata Fenaux, 1937 † accepted as Acirsa turriculata Fenaux, 1937 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acirsa (Acirsella) quadristriata (R. A. Philippi, 1841) † represented as Acirsa quadristriata (R. A. Philippi, 1841) †
- Species Acirsa corrugata Wade, 1917 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Acirsa microstriata Wade, 1917 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Scalaria (Acirsa) Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 77 [details]
page(s): 77 [details]
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original description
(of Plastiscala Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/
page(s): 302 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Notacirsa Finlay, 1926) Finlay H.J. (1926). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 56: 227-258, pls 55-60., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_56/rsnz_56_00_002400.html
page(s): 231 [details]
original description (of Scala (Pseudoacirsa) de Boury, 1909) Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 57(3): 255-258., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416
page(s): 256 [details]
original description (of Scala (Tumidiacirsa) de Boury, 1911) Boury, E. de. (1911). Etude sur les sous-genres de Scalidae vivants et fossiles. Monographie des <i>Gyroscala</i> et des <i>Circuloscala</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 58(3): 212-260., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16289890
page(s): 221, 222 [details]
original description (of Scala (Plesioacirsa) de Boury, 1909) Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 57(3): 255-258., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416
page(s): 256 [details]
original description (of Acirsa (Acirsella) de Boury, 1886 †) Boury E. de (1886) Monographie des Scalidae vivants et fossiles. Partie I: Sous genre <i>Crisposcala</i>. Paris, Comptoir Géologique de Paris, pp. i-xlv, 1-52, pl. 1-6. , available online at https://archive.org/details/monographiedess00bourgoog
page(s): xxi [details]
original description (of Scala (Pseudacirsa) Kobelt, 1903) Kobelt, W. (1887-1908). Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien. 1: 1-171 pl. 1-28 [1887]. Part 2: 1-16 pl. 29-32 [1888] 17-40 pl. 33-38 [1889] 41-104 pl. 39-50 [1900] 105-139 pl. 51-58 [1901]. Part 3: 1-24 pl. 59-62 [1902] 25-200 pl. 63-78 [1903] 201-272 pl. 79-84, 86-87 [1904] 273-406 [1905]. Part 4: 1-80 pl. 99-114 [1906] 81-172 pl. 115-126 [1908]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10278
page(s): 3: 26 [details]
original description (of Scalaria (Acirsa) Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Mormurella) Nomura, 1939 †) 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.
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Kallosinistrala Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †) 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR055
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Scala (Hemiacirsa) de Boury, 1890) Boury, E. de. (1890). Révision des Scalidae miocènes et pliocènes de l'Italie. <em>Bullettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana.</em> 14: 161-326, pl. 4. [published 22 January 1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39282460
page(s): 268 [details]
basis of record 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 243 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 302 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Notacirsa Finlay, 1926) Finlay H.J. (1926). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 56: 227-258, pls 55-60., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_56/rsnz_56_00_002400.html
page(s): 231 [details]
original description (of Scala (Pseudoacirsa) de Boury, 1909) Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 57(3): 255-258., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416
page(s): 256 [details]
original description (of Scala (Tumidiacirsa) de Boury, 1911) Boury, E. de. (1911). Etude sur les sous-genres de Scalidae vivants et fossiles. Monographie des <i>Gyroscala</i> et des <i>Circuloscala</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 58(3): 212-260., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16289890
page(s): 221, 222 [details]
original description (of Scala (Plesioacirsa) de Boury, 1909) Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 57(3): 255-258., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416
page(s): 256 [details]
original description (of Acirsa (Acirsella) de Boury, 1886 †) Boury E. de (1886) Monographie des Scalidae vivants et fossiles. Partie I: Sous genre <i>Crisposcala</i>. Paris, Comptoir Géologique de Paris, pp. i-xlv, 1-52, pl. 1-6. , available online at https://archive.org/details/monographiedess00bourgoog
page(s): xxi [details]
original description (of Scala (Pseudacirsa) Kobelt, 1903) Kobelt, W. (1887-1908). Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien. 1: 1-171 pl. 1-28 [1887]. Part 2: 1-16 pl. 29-32 [1888] 17-40 pl. 33-38 [1889] 41-104 pl. 39-50 [1900] 105-139 pl. 51-58 [1901]. Part 3: 1-24 pl. 59-62 [1902] 25-200 pl. 63-78 [1903] 201-272 pl. 79-84, 86-87 [1904] 273-406 [1905]. Part 4: 1-80 pl. 99-114 [1906] 81-172 pl. 115-126 [1908]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10278
page(s): 3: 26 [details]
original description (of Scalaria (Acirsa) Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Turbonilla (Mormurella) Nomura, 1939 †) 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.
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Kallosinistrala Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †) 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR055
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Scala (Hemiacirsa) de Boury, 1890) Boury, E. de. (1890). Révision des Scalidae miocènes et pliocènes de l'Italie. <em>Bullettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana.</em> 14: 161-326, pl. 4. [published 22 January 1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39282460
page(s): 268 [details]
basis of record 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 243 [details] Available for editors




