Acirsa

Acirsa is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.

Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Acirsa :

The following species are also named by ITIS and in the book New Zealand Mollusca, by A. Powell


 * Species 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 Opalia coronata R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840
 * 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 morchi Angas, 1871 : synonym of Plastiscala morchi Angas, 1871
 * 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.