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Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Epitoniidae (Family)
  9. Acirsa (Genus)
  10. Acirsa borealis (Species)
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(of Scalaria borealis Lyell, 1841) Lyell, C. (1841). Remarks on some fossil and Recent shells, collected by Captain Bayfield, R.N., in Canada. Transactions of the Geological Society of London. (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] 
Distribution Range: 69.22°N to 40°N; 94°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Hudson Bay, Nova...  
Distribution Range: 69.22°N to 40°N; 94°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159951 on 2025-04-17
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2005-05-30 13:01:42Z
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Claus, Simon
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
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Rosenberg, Gary

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Nomenclature

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

original description (of Scalaria arctica Posselt & A. S. Jensen, 1898) Posselt, H.J. (1898) Groenlands Brachiopoder og Bloeddyr. Meddelelser om Groenland, 23, 1–298 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35685242
page(s): 233 [details] 

original description (of Scalaria borealis Lyell, 1841) Lyell, C. (1841). Remarks on some fossil and Recent shells, collected by Captain Bayfield, R.N., in Canada. Transactions of the Geological Society of London. (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] 

original description (of Turritella costulata Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938 [details] 

original description (of Scalaria undulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076419 [details] 

Other

additional source Rosenberg G. (2011) A boreal affair: Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841) and Opalia borealis (Gould, 1852) (Mollusca: Epitoniidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 161(1): 97-103. , available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1635/053.161.0107 [details] 

 
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution Range: 69.22°N to 40°N; 94°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts [details]

Habitat circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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English Northern white or chalky wentletrap  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Acirsa costulata (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Turritella costulata Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Epitonium borealis (Lyell, 1841))
To Malacopics (Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841) United States, California, San Luis Obispo County, Ca... 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Acirsa costulata (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
Unreviewed
Acirsa eschrichtii
Acirsa eschrichtii
Acirsa borealis
Acirsa borealis
To Malacopics (Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841) United States, California, San Luis Obispo County, Ca...
To Malacopics (Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841) United States, California, San Luis Obispo County, Ca...
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