Acus
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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
- Acus albidus (Gray, 1834):[4] synonym of Oxymeris albida (Gray, 1834)
- Acus antarcticus E.A. Smith, 1873 : synonym of Euterebra tristis (Deshayes, 1859)
- Acus areolatus (Link, 1807):[5] synonym of Oxymeris areolata (Link, 1807)
- Acus assimilis Angas, 1867 : synonym of Euterebra tristis (Deshayes, 1859)
- Acus bicolor Angas, 1867 : synonym of Euterebra tristis (Deshayes, 1859)
- Acus caledonicus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1909):[6] synonym of Oxymeris caledonica (G.B. Sowerby III, 1909)
- Acus chloratus (Lamarck, 1822):[7] synonym of Oxymeris chlorata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Acus concavus (Say, 1826):[8] synonym of Terebra concava (Say, 1826)
- Acus crenulatus (Linnaeus, 1758):[9] synonym of Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acus dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859):[10] synonym of Oxymeris dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
- Acus dimidiata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Acus dimidiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acus dimidiatus (Linnaeus, 1758):[11] synonym of Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acus dislocatus (Say, 1822) : synonym of Terebra dislocata (Say, 1822)
- Acus eburnea (Hinds, 1844) : synonym of Perirhoe eburnea (Hinds, 1844)
- Acus fatua (Hinds, 1844):[12] synonym of Oxymeris fatua (Hinds, 1844)
- Acus felinus (Dillwyn, 1817) : synonym of Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Acus lineopunctatus Bozzetti, 2008:[13] synonym of Hastula lineopunctata (Bozzetti, 2008)
- Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758):[14] synonym of Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acus rushii Dall, 1889 : synonym of Terebra rushii (Dall, 1889)
- Acus senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822):[15] synonym of Oxymeris senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Acus strigatus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825):[16] synonym of Oxymeris strigata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Acus suffusus (Pease, 1889):[17] synonym of Oxymeris suffusa (Pease, 1889)
- Acus thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921):[18] synonym of Oxymeris costellifera (Pease, 1869)
- Acus trochlea (Deshayes, 1857):[19] synonym of Oxymeris trochlea (Deshayes, 1857)
- Acus troendlei (Bratcher, 1981):[20] synonym of Oxymeris troendlei (Bratcher, 1981)
References
- ^ Gray (1847). Proc. zool. Soc. London 15: 139.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Acus Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2010.
- ^ Acus albidus (Gray, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
- ^ Acus areolatus (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Acus caledonicus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
- ^ Acus chloratus (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
- ^ Acus concavus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Acus crenulatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
- ^ Acus dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Acus dimidiatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
- ^ Acus fatua (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Acus lineopunctatus Bozzetti, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
- ^ Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
- ^ Acus senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Acus strigatus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
- ^ Acus suffusus (Pease, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
- ^ Acus thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Acus trochlea (Deshayes, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Acus troendlei (Bratcher, 1981). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.