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Acirsa (wentletrap)
Taxonomy
Acirsa was named by Mörch (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti R Sepkoski's reference number: 157]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Epitonium (Acirsa) by Dall (1921).
It was assigned to Epitonium by Dall (1921); to Acirsinae by Sohl (1964), Sohl (1964), Kase (1984); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Epitoniidae by Durham (1937), Harris and Palmer (1947), Palmer and Brann (1966), DuShane (1979), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001), Squires and Saul (2003).
It was reranked as Epitonium (Acirsa) by Dall (1921).
It was assigned to Epitonium by Dall (1921); to Acirsinae by Sohl (1964), Sohl (1964), Kase (1984); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Epitoniidae by Durham (1937), Harris and Palmer (1947), Palmer and Brann (1966), DuShane (1979), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001), Squires and Saul (2003).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. cerithiformis, A. corrugata, A. corrugata, A. duvergieri, A. elatior, A. erasa, A. heyseana, A. kelseyi, A. lanceolata, A. lanceolata, A. leunisii, A. meeki, A. mioplicatula, A. ochotensis, A. ofunatoensis, A. oscari, A. parvicostata, A. pervaricosa, A. solumcostata, A. striatula, A. subplicata, A. texana
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1857 | Acirsa Mörch |
| 1909 | Pseudoacirsa de Boury |
| 1911 | Tumidiacirsa de Boury p. 221 |
| 1921 | Epitonium (Acirsa) Dall p. 114 |
| 1937 | Acirsa Durham p. 510 figs. Plate 56, figure 4 |
| 1947 | Acirsa Harris and Palmer p. 236 |
| 1964 | Acirsa Sohl p. 313 |
| 1966 | Acirsa Palmer and Brann p. 475 |
| 1979 | Acirsa DuShane p. 94 |
| 1984 | Acirsa Kase p. 164 |
| 2001 | Acirsa Todd |
| 2001 | Acirsa Wienrich p. 447 |
| 2002 | Acirsa Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Tumidiacirsa Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Acirsa Squires and Saul p. 35 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Acirsa Mörch 1857 [wentletrap]
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Subg. †Acirsa (Acirsella) de Boury 1886
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†Acirsa (Acirsella) henryleai Price and Palmer 1928
†Acirsella effiae Willett 1939
Subg. †Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) de Boury 1890
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†Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) americana Wade 1926
†Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) clathrata Sohl 1964
†Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) flexicostata Sohl 1964
†Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) gracilior Meyer 1886
†Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) whitneyi Palmer 1937
Subg. Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) de Boury 1909
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†Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) implexa Sohl 1964
†Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) microstriata Wade 1917
†Acirsa alpha Squires and Saul 2003
†Acirsa beta Squires and Saul 2003
Acirsa borealis Lyell 1841
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Invalid names: Scalaria ochotensis Middendorf 1849 [synonym], Turritella costulata Mighels and Adams 1842 [synonym]
Acirsa cerralvoensis DuShane 1970
†Acirsa culmosa Sohl 1964
†Acirsa delta Squires and Saul 2003
†Acirsa epsilon Squires and Saul 2003
†Acirsa gravida Sohl 1964
†Acirsa obtusa White 1889
†Acirsa penepolaris Wood 1872
Invalid names: Tumidiacirsa de Boury 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. W. Durham 1937 | Shell more or less heavy, small to medium size; axial ribs usually nearly obsolete; spiral ribs present; basal disk present; aperture entire although inner lin is often very thin; outer lip sharpened. | |
| R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003 | Shell acuminate, whorls joined (with only a moderately impressed suture), and not umbilicate. Sculpture much reduced, may be spiral or axial or both; incised spiral grooves usually present. Basal keel absent. Basal disk indistinct but may be defined by a subperipheral ridge (Clench & Turner, 1950; DuShane, 1974, 1979; Kilburn, 1985; Bouchet & Waren, 1986; Dockery, 1993; Neville, 2001). |
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Holocene or 165.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.5 Ma
Collections (123 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian | India | Acirsa sp. (62056) | |
| Hauterivian - Barremian | Japan | Acirsa ofunatoensis (91313) | |
| Barremian | Germany | Hemiacirsa hauthali (67178) | |
| Aptian | Germany | Hemiacirsa hauthali (67181) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Japan | Acrisa miyakoensis (91293 91294) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Arizona) | Acirsa kelseyi (53504) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian | USA (California) | Acirsa beta (207435) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (California) | Acirsa alpha (207433) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (British Columbia) | Acirsa delta (210549 210558) | |
| Campanian | USA (California) | Ceratia nexilia (158389) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (California) | Acirsa beta (210580) Acirsa delta (3888) Acirsa epsilon (69310) Acirsa obtusa (3890) Mesalia obsuta, Ceratia nexilia (239772) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Acirsa meeki (82650 82651 82652 82654 82675) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (Mississippi) | Acirsa clathrata (32141) Acirsa culmosa, Acirsa gravida (6660 7456 7458) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Tennessee) | Acirsa corrugata, Acirsa cerithiformis, Acirsa microstriata, Proscala americana (88357) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (California) | Acirsa nexilia (185168) Acirsa obtusa (1513) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Russian Federation | Acirsa flexicostata (47045) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Tennessee) | Acirsa americana, Acirsa microstriata (7515) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | Acirsa clathrata, Acirsa flexicostata (7586 7590) Acirsa clathrata, Acirsa implexa (7592) Acirsa flexicostata (7593 7609) Acirsa implexa (4101) Acirsa microstriata (4110) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Georgia) | Acirsa americana, Acirsa sp. (4282) Acirsa flexicostata, Acirsa sp. (4277) Acirsa sp. (4265 4268) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | Acirsa flexicostata (125950) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | Acirsa americana (4275) Acirsa flexicostata (4276) Acirsa implexa (4286) Acirsa sp. (4255 4263) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Carolina) | Acirsa sp. (7616) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Acirsa sp. (4455) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | Acirsa americana (4372) Acirsa clathrata, Acirsa flexicostata (4368) Acirsa clathrata, Acirsa flexicostata, Acirsa sp. (4369) Acirsa flexicostata (4367 4370) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Tennessee) | Acirsa sp., Acirsa clathrata (205445) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Acirsa flexicostata (7480) Acirsa sp., Acirsa americana (205541) | |
| Danian | Poland | Acirsa elatior (27625) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | Acirsa texana, Acrisa sublineata, Acirsa sp. (205466) | |
| Danian | Greenland | Acirsa n. sp (177724) Hemiacirsa sp. (22943) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | Acirsa parvicostata (74172) | |
| Selandian | Denmark | Hemiacirsa elatior (35263 35264 35265 35266) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | New Zealand | Acirsa sp. (64698) | |
| Thanetian | Poland | Acirsa subplicata, Acirsella inermis (27018 27019 27020 27021) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Acirsella transversaria (8105) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Acirsa sp. (38868) | |
| Lutetian | France (Centre) | Acirsa clathrata (178085) | |
| Lutetian | France | Pseudoacirsa bezanconi (94590) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Acirsa henryleai (205356) Acirsa sp. (205454) | |
| Lutetian | France (Picardie) | Acirsa erasa, Acirsa striatula (178119) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Acirsa heyseana, Acirsa sp. (8124) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | Acirsa whitneyi (98787) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Acirsa gracilior (205410 205422 205433) Acirsa sp. (205267 205430 205481) Acirsa sp., Acirsa gracilior (205480) Acirsa spp. (205484) Acirsa whitneyi (91119) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Acirsa solumcostata (164232) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Acirsa gracilior (90600) Acirsa sp. (205489) | |
| Priabonian | Germany | Acirsa pervaricosa (179751) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Acirsa duvergieri (62883) Acirsa lanceolata (62882) | |
| Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Acirsa duvergieri (62903) Acirsa lanceolata, Acirsa duvergieri (62899) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany | Acirsa lanceolata (111599) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Netherlands | Acirsa sp. (186883) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Acirsa duvergieri (61895 61902 62886 62891) Acirsa duvergieri, Acirsa mioplicatula (61901 61905) Acirsa lanceolata, Acirsa mioplicatula (62885) Acirsa mioplicatula (61896 61897) Acirsa sp., Acirsa lanceolata (61900) | |
| Badenian | Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) | Acirsa oscari (38823) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark | Acirsa duvergieri (98312) | |
| Zanclean | United Kingdom (England) | Turritella penepolaris (84755 84756) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan (Fukushima) | Acirsa ochotensis (62295) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | Acirsa lanceolata (178117) | |
| Gelasian | Italy | Acirsa corrugata (178779) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Alabina effiae (203113 203118 223325) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greenland (Disko Island) | Scallaria borealis (227045) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alaska) | Acirsa borealis (37632) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Acirsa borealis (51005) |