| Acirsa | |
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| Acirsa borealis shell (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Acirsa Mörch, 1857 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Scalaria borealisLyell, 1841 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Acirsa is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps. [2]
According to the 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 and in the book New Zealand Mollusca, by A. Powell [3]
Some new species (Acirsa alpha, Acirsa beta, Acirsa delta, and Acirsa epsilon) have been named by Squires and Saul in 2003. [4]
Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.
The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.
Alcithoe is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cymbiinae of the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Wentletraps are small, often white, very high-spired, predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.
Epitonium is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. Epitonium is the type genus of the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
Cirsostrema is a genus of very small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as the wentletraps.
Acesta is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Acteon is a genus of small sea snails, predatory marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.
Zemacies is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae
Conomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutomitridae.
Amauropsis is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Opalia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.
Papuliscala is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Epitoniidae of the superfamily Epitonioidea, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.
Cycloscala is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Aclis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.
Cylindriscala is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.
Eccliseogyra is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.
Tudicla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tudiclidae, the true whelks.
Acrilla is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.
