Acirsa Mörch 1857 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Invalid subtaxa: Pseudoacirsa de Boury 1909 [replaced name], Tumidiacirsa de Boury 1911

Parent taxon: Epitoniidae according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003

See also Beu 2011, Durham 1937, Harris and Palmer 1947, Kase 1984, Palmer and Brann 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964, Sohl 1964, Todd 2001 and Wienrich 2001

Sister taxa: Aciculiscala, Acirsinae, Acrilla, Alora, Amaea, Belliscala, Cerithiscala, Cirsotrema, Clathroscala, Clathrus, Claviscala, Confusiscala, Crossotrema, Dannevigena, Eglisia, Epitomium, Epitoniinae, Epitonium, Filiscala, Gregorioiscala, Gryoscala, Littoriniscala, Mazescala, Murdochella, Narvaliscala, Notacirsa, Nystiellinae, Opalia, Opaliinae, Papuliscala, Pliciscala, Problitora, Scalaria, Scalina, Sthenorytis, Turriscala, Variciscala, Australolaxispira, Funis

Subtaxa: Acirsa (Acirsa) Acirsa (Acirsella) Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) Acirsa alpha Acirsa beta Acirsa culmosa Acirsa delta Acirsa epsilon Acirsa gravida Acirsa nexilia Acirsa obtusa Acirsa penepolaris

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Greenland (1), Italy (1), United States (4: Alaska, California)

• Pliocene of Italy (1), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Miocene of Denmark (1), Germany (15), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1)

• Oligocene of Denmark (1)

• Eocene of France (2), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (15: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Denmark (4), Greenland (2), New Zealand (1), Poland (5), United States (1: Texas)

• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Alberta, British Columbia), Germany (2), Japan (3), United States (32: Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)

• Jurassic of India (1)

Total: 110 collections including 135 occurrences

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