Acanthina unicornis

Acanthina unicornis
Acanthina unicornis shell drawing (number 4)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Acanthina
Species:	A. unicornis
Binomial name
Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms [1]
Buccinum dentatumWood, 1818 Buccinum unicornisBruguiere, 1789 Monoceros citrinumSowerby, 1835 Monoceros crassilabrumLamarck, 1816 Monoceros crassilabrum var. albumSowerby, 1835 Monoceros glabratumLamarck, 1816 Monoceros globulusSowerby, 1835 Nucella acuminataCarcelles, 1954 Purpura novaehollandiaeBlainville, 1832

Acanthina unicornis is a species of sea snail, which is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or the rock snails. ^[1]

References

1. Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.