Acanthinucella spirata

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Acanthinucella spirata
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A live Acanthinucella spirata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Acanthinucella
Species:
A. spirata
Binomial name
Acanthinucella spirata
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms [1]

Monoceros unicarinata Sowerby, 1835
Purpura brevidensConrad, 1837
Purpura engonataConrad, 1837
Purpura lapilloides var. aurantiaDall, 1908
Purpura spirataBlainville, 1832

Contents

Acanthinucella spirata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

Distribution

A. spirata occurs on the West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.

Description

Human use

This species is known to have been exploited by some Native Americans such as the Chumash of Central California approximately 1000 to 1200 AD. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
  2. C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008)