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Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)

159951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159951)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Caenogastropoda
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis
  7. Epitonioidea
  8. Epitoniidae
  9. Acirsa
  10. Acirsa borealis
accepted
Species
Acirsa Mörch, 1857
Scalaria eschrichti Møller, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of ) Lyell, C. (1841). Remarks on some fossil and Recent shells, collected by Captain Bayfield, R.N., in Canada. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London.</em> (2)6(1):135–141, pl. 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36207941
page(s): 136; note: refers to Lyell (1835), pl. 2 fig. 10-11, where the species is figured but not named [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159951 on 2026-07-22
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159951 on 2026-07-22
Date
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by
2005-05-30 13:01:42Z
created
Claus, Simon
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary

original description (of Scalaria eschrichti Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): p. 83. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of ) Lyell, C. (1841). Remarks on some fossil and Recent shells, collected by Captain Bayfield, R.N., in Canada. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London.</em> (2)6(1):135–141, pl. 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36207941
page(s): 136; note: refers to Lyell (1835), pl. 2 fig. 10-11, where the species is figured but not named [details] 

additional source Rosenberg G. (2011) A boreal affair: <i>Acirsa borealis</i> (Lyell, 1841) and <i>Opalia borealis</i> (Gould, 1852) (Mollusca: Epitoniidae). <i>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia</i> 161(1): 97-103. , available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1635/053.161.0107 [details] 
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) 
To Malacopics (Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841) United States, California, San Luis Obispo County, Ca... 
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