Acirsa is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Acirsa :
Acirsa amara Kilburn, 1985Acirsa antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907)Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841) - chalky wentletrap, Okhotsk wentletrapAcirsa cerralvoensis (DuShane, 1970)Acirsa coarctata (Jeffreys, 1884)Acirsa coarctata coarctata (Jeffreys, J.G., 1884)Acirsa coarctata distantespirata Nordsieck, F., 1972Acirsa cookiana (Dell, 1956)Acirsa martensi (de Boury, 1913)Acirsa mcleani Sirenko, 2009Acirsa morsei (Yokoyama, 1926)Acirsa murrha (DuShane, 1970)Acirsa ochotensis (Middendorff, 1848)Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835)Acirsa symphylla (Martens, 1878)The following species are also named by ITIS and in the book New Zealand Mollusca, by A. Powell
Acirsa americana Wade, B., 1926Acirsa bezanconi Boury, E.A. de, 1883Acirsa clathrata Sohl, N.F., 1964Acirsa cretacea (Wade, B., 1917)Acirsa culmosa Sohl, N.F., 1964Acirsa elatum (Suter, H., 1917)Acirsa entrichti Nordsieck, F., 1968Acirsa eschrichti Hölboll, 1842Acirsa flexicostata Sohl, N.F., 1964Acirsa gravida Sohl, N.F., 1964Acirsa implexa Sohl, N.F., 1964Acirsa microstriata Wade, B., 1917Acirsa otogoensis Stilwell, J.D., 1994Acirsa pelagica (Risso, A., 1826)Acirsa subcarinata Murdoch, R. & H. Suter, 1906Acirsa turrita Parona, 1894Acirsa vayssiereiAcirsa wadei Cossmann, A.E.M., 1925Species brought into synonymy Acirsa annectens A. W. B. Powell, 1951: synonym of Gregorioiscala annectens (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)Acirsa berryi: synonym of Couthouyella menesthoides (Carpenter, 1864)Acirsa chitaniana (Yokoyama, 1926): synonym of Acirsa martensi (de Boury, 1913)Acirsa corsicana Nordsieck F., 1974 : synonym of Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835)Acirsa costulata: synonym of Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)Acirsa exopleura : synonym of Opalia exopleura (Dall, 1917)Acirsa gracilis : synonym of Periapta pandion (Clench & Turner, 1952)Acirsa hedleyi (de Boury, 1912): synonym of Amaea hedleyi (de Boury, 1912)Acirsa menesthoides: synonym of Couthouyella menesthoides (Carpenter, 1864)Acirsa praelonga Jeffreys, 1877: synonym of Papuliscala praelonga (Jeffreys, 1877)Acirsa sarsii Kobelt, 1903: synonym of Gregorioiscala sarsii (Kobelt, 1903)Acirsa undulata: synonym of Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)Some new species (Acirsa alpha, Acirsa beta, Acirsa delta, and Acirsa epsilon) have been named by Squires and Saul in 2003
