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Acirsa

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Description

Acirsa is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acirsa, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2300456	https://www.gbif.org/species/2300456
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9419	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9419

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Acirsa

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
-	Ptenoglossa
superfamily	Epitonioidea	(Berry 1910)
family	Epitoniidae	Berry 1910
genus	Acirsa	O.A.L.Mørch 1857

Common Name

wentletrap

Scientific Name

Acirsa O.A.L.Mørch, 1857

Name Published In

Mørch O. A. (1857). Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr. [in] Rink, Grønland geographisk og statistik beskrivet. Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein : 75-100

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Acirsa	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated with evidence	Durham, 1937
Acirsa	genus	belongs to Acirsinae	stated without evidence	Sohl, 1964
Acirsa	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated without evidence	Palmer and Brann, 1966
Acirsa	genus	belongs to Acirsinae	stated with evidence	Kase, 1984
Acirsa	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Acirsa	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 2001
Acirsa	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

166 - 164 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Motility

slow-moving (based on Epitoniidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Epitoniidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Epitoniidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Wentletrap

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acirsa

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Acirsa (Acirsa) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Acirsa (Acirsella) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		9	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	38.0 Ma Eocene
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		43	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		15	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Acirsa amara species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa antarctica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa awamoaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa borealis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa bouryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa brandenbergensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa cerralvoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa clathrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa coarctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa coislinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa cookiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa corrugata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa cretacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa culmosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acirsa flexicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa gravida species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acirsa hybrida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa implexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa lhommei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa martensi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa mcleani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa microstriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa morsei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa murrha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa oamarutica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa ochotensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa penepolaris ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Acirsa pratoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa primaeva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa prisca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa subdecussata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa subnodosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa subnodulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa symphylla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa vetusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acirsa wadei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plastiscala invalida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plastiscala verconis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turritella penepolaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pseudacirsa Kobelt, 1905	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Pseudacirsa*
Clesioacirsa de Boury, 1917	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Clesioacirsa*
Arcisa Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Arcisa*
Hemisacirsa Cossmann, 1925	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Hemisacirsa*
Pseudoacirsa de Boury, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Pseudoacirsa*
Plesioacirsa de Boury, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Plesioacirsa*
Hemicirsa Simroth, 1907	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Hemicirsa*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1857	Acirsa Mörch
1909	Pseudoacirsa de Boury
1911	Tumidiacirsa de Boury p. 221
1937	Acirsa Durham p. 510 figs. Plate 56, figure 4
1964	Acirsa Sohl p. 313
1966	Acirsa Palmer and Brann p. 475

Year	Name and Author
1984	Acirsa Kase p. 164
2001	Acirsa Todd
2001	Acirsa Wienrich p. 447
2002	Acirsa Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Tumidiacirsa Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Durham J. W. (1937) Gastropods of the Family Epitoniidae from Mesozoic and Cenozoic Rocks of the West Coast of North America, including One New Species by F. E. Turner and One by R. A. Bramkamp, Journal of Paleontology 11 6, 479-512

Sohl N. F. (1964) Neogastropoda, Opisthobranchia, and Basommatophora from the Ripley, Owl Creek, and Prairie Bluff Formations, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 331 B, 153-344

Palmer K. V., Brann D. C. (1966) Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda, Bulletins of American Paleontology 48, 471-1057

Kase T. (1984) , Early Cretaceous marine and brackish-water Gastropoda from Japan, 1-262

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Wienrich G. (2001) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein), Gastropoda bis Cancellariidae 3, 385-639

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Rink, Prodr. Fam. Moll. Grönland, 2, Nat. bidr. 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Mørch O. A. (1857). Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr. [in] Rink, Grønland geographisk og statistik beskrivet. Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein : 75-100 - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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