Acanthina | |
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Acanthina monodon shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
Genus: | Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 |
Type species | |
Buccinum monocerosBruguière, 1789 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Acanthina, common name the unicorn snails, is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
The shell is ovate. The body whorl is large. The spire is rather elevated. The aperture is semilunar. The inner lip is wide and flattened. The outer lip is crenated, with a prominent tooth at the fore part. [2]
The species of Acanthina are most numerous on the South American coasts of the Pacific Ocean. These snails live in the intertidal zone.
Species within the genus Acanthina:
Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim was a Saxon anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist.
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