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Acirsa (Hemiacirsa)

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Hemiacirsa was named by de Boury (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant R Sepkoski's reference number: 909].

It was reranked as Scalaria (Hemiacirsa) by Tate (1890); it was reranked as Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) by Palmer and Brann (1966) and Kase (1984).

It was assigned to Scalaria by Tate (1890); to Acirsa by Palmer and Brann (1966) and Kase (1984); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Scalaria (Hemiacirsa) Tate
1890Hemiacirsa de Boury
1966Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) Palmer and Brann p. 475
1984Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) Kase p. 165
2002Hemiacirsa Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusAcirsaMörch 1857
subgenusHemiacirsa(de Boury 1890)

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.

Subg. †Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) de Boury 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available