Acanthina

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Acanthina
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Acanthina monodon shells
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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]
  • Acanthina (Acanthina)Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • MonocerosLamarck, 1809(Invalid: junior homonym of Monoceros Lacépède, 1798 [Pisces] and others)
  • Nucella (Acanthina)Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 · unaccepted
  • Purpura (Monoceros)Lamarck, 1809
  • RudolphaSchumacher, 1817
  • UnicornusMontfort, 1810

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]

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Description

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]

Habitat

The species of Acanthina are most numerous on the South American coasts of the Pacific Ocean. These snails live in the intertidal zone.

Species

Species within the genus Acanthina:

Species brought into synonymy

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