Acanthinucella spirata | |
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A live Acanthinucella spirata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Acanthinucella |
Species: | A. spirata
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Binomial name | |
Acanthinucella spirata (
Blainville, 1832)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Monoceros unicarinata
Sowerby, 1835 |
Acanthinucella spirata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
A. spirata occurs on the West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.
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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]
Acanthinucella spirata | |
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A live Acanthinucella spirata | |
Scientific classification | |
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 |
Acanthinucella spirata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
A. spirata occurs on the West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.
This section is empty. You can help by
adding to it. (April 2010) |
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]