Acus

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

Acus
live Oxymeris maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Terebridae
Genus:
Acus

Gray, 1847[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Oxymeris Dall, 1903
  • Nototerebra Cotton, 1947
For Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), see Administrative Conference of the United States.

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
  1. Gray (1847). Proc. zool. Soc. London 15: 139.
  2. 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. 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.


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