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

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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