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Acanthina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Muricidae

Scientific name
  
Acanthina

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Ocenebrinae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Lower classifications
  
Acanthina spirata, Acanthina punctulata

Acanthina, common name the unicorn snails, is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Habitat

These snails live in the intertidal zone.

Species

Species within the genus Acanthina:

  • Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)
  • Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789)
    • Species brought into synonymy 
  • Acanthina paucilirata now Acanthinucella paucilirata
  • Acanthina punctulata] now Acanthinucella punctulata
  • Acanthina lugubris now Mexacanthina lugubris
  • Acanthina spirata now Acanthinucella spirata
  • Acanthina angelica Oldroyd, 1918 : synonym of Mexacanthina angelica (Oldroyd, 1918)
  • Acanthina costata Fischer, 1807 : synonym of Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)
  • Acanthina imbricata Fischer, 1807 : synonym of Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)
  • Acanthina laevigata Fischer, 1807 : synonym of Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)
  • Acanthina tyrianthina Berry, 1957 : synonym of Mexacanthina lugubris (Sowerby, 1821)

    • References

    Acanthina Wikipedia
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