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

Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scalaria Lamarck, 1801

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AcirsaMörch, 1857accepted genus name
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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: Northern white or chalky wentletrap

Literature

additional source

Rosenberg G. (2011) A boreal affair: Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841) and Opalia borealis (Gould, 1852) (Mollusca: Epitoniidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 161(1): 97-103.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841). 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:159951

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2010-03-31 by Gary Rosenberg

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