Acanthina unicornis

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

Acanthina unicornis
Acanthina unicornis shell drawing (number 4)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Acanthina
Species:
A. unicornis
Binomial name
Acanthina unicornis
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum dentatum Wood, 1818
Buccinum unicornis Bruguiere, 1789
Monoceros citrinum Sowerby, 1835
Monoceros crassilabrum Lamarck, 1816
Monoceros crassilabrum var. album Sowerby, 1835
Monoceros glabratum Lamarck, 1816
Monoceros globulus Sowerby, 1835
Nucella acuminata Carcelles, 1954
Purpura novaehollandiae Blainville, 1832

Description

Distribution

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


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