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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)


Range: 69.22°N to 40°N; 94°W to 0°W
Depth: 18 to 1752 m
Maximum Reported Size: 33  mm

Synonymy

Scalaria borealis Lyell, 1841
Turritella borealis (Lyell, 1841) 
Epitonium borealis (Lyell, 1841) 
Turritella costulata Mighels & Adams, 1842
Scalaria costulata (Mighels & Adams, 1842) 
Epitonium costulata (Mighels & Adams, 1842) 
Scalaria eschrichti Möller, 1842
Scalaria undulata Sowerby II, 1844
Scalaria ochotensis Middendorff, 1849
Epitonium ochotensis (Middendorff, 1849) 
Scalaria arctica Posselt & Jensen, 1898

Details


Scalaria borealis Lyell, 1841, p. 136, [Lyell (1835), pl. 2, figs. 11-12]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Beck
Type Locality: Uddevalla, Sweden
Range: 69.22°N to 40°N; 69°W to 0°W
Depth: 18 to 146 m
Maximum Reported Size: 33 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DNE; Clench & Turner (1950b) dSW
Comments: DuShane (1979b) demonstrated that this is not a nude name.
Combining Genera:  Epitonium Turritella

Scalaria arctica Posselt & Jensen, 1898, p. 233
[Not available]
Attributed to: Möller MS
Type Locality: West Greenland
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Clench & Turner (1950b) s
Comments: Listed in synonymy of Scalaria borealis.

Turritella costulata Mighels & Adams, 1842, p. 50, pl. 4, fig. 20
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Mighels
Type Locality: Casco Bay, Maine
Range: 63.08°N to 42°N; 94°W to 28.05°W
Depth: 18 to 1752 m
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
References: Macpherson (1971) NSEWM; Clarke (1974) DNE; DuShane (1979b) s
Comments: Non Borson, 1825.
Combining Genera:  Epitonium Scalaria

Scalaria eschrichti Möller, 1842a, p. 83
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Hölböll
Type Locality: [Davis Strait, West] Greenland [see Schiötte & Warén (1992)]
Range: 64°N ; 52°W
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Möller (1842a) M; Bouchet & Warén (1986b) T; Schiötte & Warén (1992) NSEW

Scalaria ochotensis Middendorff, 1849a, p. col. 17, [Middendorff 1851, pl. 12, figs. 12-14]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Sinus Nichta, maris Ochot
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
References: Middendorff (1851) M; DuShane (1979b) s
Comments: Middendorff (1849a) gives the size as 60 mm.
Combining Genera:  Epitonium

Scalaria undulata Sowerby II, 1844, p. 104 [bis], pl. 35, fig. 136
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
References: Sowerby II (1844) M; Clench & Turner (1950b) s


Partial List of References

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)6 135-141, pl. 16.
Middendorff, A. T. von. 1849. Vorläufige Anzeige einiger neuer Konchylien Russland's, aus den Geschlectern: Scalaria, Crepidula, Velutina, Trichotropis, Purpura und Pleurotoma Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 8 col. 17-19.
Mighels, J. W. and C. B. Adams. 1842. Descriptions of twenty-four species of the shells of New England Boston Journal of Natural History 4 37-54, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Jan 1842.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.
Posselt, H. G. and A. S. Jensen. 1898. Gro/nlands brachiopoder og Blo/ddyr Meddelelser om Gro/nland 23 xix + 298 pp., 2 pls., 1 fold-out map.
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1844. Monograph of the genus Scalaria Thesaurus Conchyliorum 1 83 [bis]-108 [bis], pls. 32-35 [True date: pre Apr 11.]

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