Acusta

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title: "Acusta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["camaenidae", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/camaenidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acusta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

|image = Acusta despecta.png |image_caption = Acusta despecta |taxon = Acusta |authority = Albers, 1860 |type_species = Nanina ravida |type_species_authority = Benson, 1842 |synonyms_ref = |synonyms =

• Eulota (Acusta) Martens, 1860 (unaccepted rank)
• Helix (Acusta) Martens, 1860
• Manchurohelix Taki, 1936
• Nanina (Acusta) Albers, 1860 |display_parents = 3

Acusta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Bradybaeninae of the family Camaenidae.

Species

Species within the genus Acusta include:

• Acusta assimilis (H. Adams, 1866)
• Acusta despecta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839)
• Acusta lineolata (Möllendorff, 1875)
• Acusta moolenbeeki Thach & F. Huber, 2021
• Acusta ravida (Benson, 1842)
• Acusta redfieldi (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
• Acusta rhodostoma (Möllendorff, 1884)
• Acusta sieboldtiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
• Acusta tourannensis (Souleyet, 1852)
• Acusta toyenmongaiensis Rolle, 1911 ;Species brought into synonymy:
• Acusta frilleyi (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863): synonym of *Acusta ravida frilleyi * (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863) (unaccepted rank)
• Acusta kikaiensis (Pilsbry, 1902): synonym of Acusta despecta kikaiensis (Pilsbry, 1902)
• Acusta laeta (Gould, 1859): synonym of Ezohelix gainesi (Pilsbry, 1900) (junior synonym)
• Acusta vagoina (Gredler, 1887) : synonym of Bradybaena vagoina (Gredler, 1887) (superseded combination)

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
• Thach N.N., (2021) New shells of South Asia and Taiwan, China, Tanzania. SeashellsFreshwaterLand snails. With 116 new species and subspecies and rejected synonyms, accepted species, p. 202 pp

References

1. [[Johann Christian Albers. Albers J. C.]] & [[Eduard von Martens. Martens E von]] (1860). ''Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet''. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. [https://archive.org/stream/dieheliceennachn01albe#page/56/mode/2up page 56].
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Acusta E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995803 on 2021-09-30

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