Biology:Acus

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Short description: Genus of sea snails

{{Taxobox | image = Acus maculatus.jpg | image_caption = live Oxymeris maculata | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Mollusca | classis = Gastropoda | unranked_superfamilia= clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda | superfamilia = Conoidea | familia = Terebridae | subfamilia = | genus = Acus | genus_authority = Gray, 1847[1] | synonyms_ref =[2][3] | synonyms =

  • Oxymeris Dall, 1903
  • Nototerebra Cotton, 1947

Acus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[3]

The genus name Acus belongs to the Pisces. Therefore Acus Gray, 1847 is no longer accepted, since it is a junior homonym of Acus Lacépède, 1803. Its accepted name is now Oxymeris Dall, 1903.

Description

Whorls simple, aperture elongate, columella simple and thickened, subsutural band present, often ornamented.[2]

Species

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Gray (1847). Proc. zool. Soc. London 15: 139.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Terryn, Y. (2007): A Collectors Guide to Recent Terebridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). 57 pp., 65 color plts. ConchBooks & NaturalArt, Hackenheim & Gent, ISBN:978-3-939767-01-5.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Acus Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2010.
  4. Acus albidus (Gray, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
  5. Acus areolatus (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  6. Acus caledonicus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
  7. Acus chloratus (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
  8. Acus concavus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  9. Acus crenulatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
  10. Acus dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  11. Acus dimidiatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
  12. Acus fatua (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  13. Acus lineopunctatus Bozzetti, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
  14. Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
  15. Acus senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  16. Acus strigatus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
  17. Acus suffusus (Pease, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
  18. Acus thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  19. Acus trochlea (Deshayes, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  20. Acus troendlei (Bratcher, 1981). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4677894 entry