WoRMS name details
Acus J. E. Gray, 1847
437432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:437432)
unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Acus Lacépède, 1803 [Pisces]; Oxymeris is a replacement name)
Genus
Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Acus (Abretia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Abretia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Abretiella Dall, 1923 accepted as Oxymeris Dall, 1903
- Species Acus (Abretia) bicolor Angas, 1867 accepted as Duplicaria tristis (Deshayes, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Acus (Euryta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Euryta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Mazatlania Dall, 1900 (original rank)
- Subgenus Acus (Hastula) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Hastula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
- Species Acus albidus (J. E. Gray, 1834) accepted as Oxymeris albida (J. E. Gray, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acus antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1873) accepted as Euterebra tristis (Deshayes, 1859) accepted as Duplicaria tristis (Deshayes, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acus areolatus (Link, 1807) accepted as Oxymeris areolata (Link, 1807)
- Species Acus assimilis Angas, 1867 accepted as Euterebra tristis (Deshayes, 1859) accepted as Duplicaria tristis (Deshayes, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acus bicolor Angas, 1867 accepted as Euterebra tristis (Deshayes, 1859) accepted as Duplicaria tristis (Deshayes, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acus caledonicus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) accepted as Oxymeris caledonica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909)
- Species Acus chlorata (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Acus chloratus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Oxymeris chlorata (Lamarck, 1822) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Acus chloratus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Oxymeris chlorata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Acus concavus (Say, 1826) accepted as Neoterebra concava (Say, 1826) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acus crenulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acus dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859) accepted as Oxymeris dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
- Species Acus dimidiatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acus dislocatus (Say, 1822) accepted as Neoterebra dislocata (Say, 1822)
- Species Acus eburnea (Hinds, 1844) accepted as Perirhoe eburnea (Hinds, 1844) accepted as Myurella eburnea (Hinds, 1844)
- Species Acus fatua (Hinds, 1844) accepted as Oxymeris fatua (Hinds, 1844)
- Species Acus felinus (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Acus lineopunctatus Bozzetti, 2008 accepted as Oxymeris lineopunctata (Bozzetti, 2008) (original combination)
- Species Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acus rushii (Dall, 1889) accepted as Terebra rushii Dall, 1889 accepted as Neoterebra rushii (Dall, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acus senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Oxymeris senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Acus strigatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Oxymeris strigata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Acus suffusus (Pease, 1869) accepted as Oxymeris suffusa (Pease, 1869)
- Species Acus thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921) accepted as Oxymeris costellifera (Pease, 1869) accepted as Duplicaria costellifera (Pease, 1869)
- Species Acus trochlea (Deshayes, 1857) accepted as Oxymeris trochlea (Deshayes, 1857)
- Species Acus troendlei (Bratcher, 1981) accepted as Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 139 [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
Nomenclature Despite its termination, Acus should be feminine in gender, according to classical Latin dictionnaries.
Nomenclature Despite its termination, Acus should be feminine in gender, according to classical Latin dictionnaries. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acus J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437432 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 139 [details]
basis of record Terryn, Y. (2007). A collectors guide to the Recent Terebridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Conchbooks & NaturalArt, Hackenheim & Gent. 1-57, pls 1-65. [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
basis of record Terryn, Y. (2007). A collectors guide to the Recent Terebridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Conchbooks & NaturalArt, Hackenheim & Gent. 1-57, pls 1-65. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Despite its termination, Acus should be feminine in gender, according to classical Latin dictionnaries. [details]
