Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Epitoniidae

Acirsa Mörch, 1857

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) de Boury, 1909 synonym
Pseudacirsa Kobelt, 1903 synonym
Scala (Plesioacirsa) de Boury, 1909 synonym
Scala (Pseudacirsa) Kobelt, 1903 synonym
Scalaria (Acirsa) Mörch, 1857 synonym

Children

Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)
Acirsa coarctata (Jeffreys, 1884)
Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835)

Literature

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. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188.

additional source

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

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acirsa Mörch, 1857. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137935

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2023-07-17 by Philippe Bouchet

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