Acanthais brevidentata

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

Acanthais brevidentata
Acanthais brevidentata shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Acanthais
Species:
A. brevidentata
Binomial name
Acanthais brevidentata
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum brevidentatum Wood, 1828
Monoceros maculatum Gray, 1839
Purpura cornigera Blainville, 1832
Purpura ocellata Kiener, 1835

Description

Distribution

References
  1. Acanthais brevidentata (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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