Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ocenebrinae Scientific name Acanthinucella spirata Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Acanthinucella Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Acanthinucella punctulata, Acanthina, Acanthina unicornis, Ceratostoma foliatum, Fissurella volcano | ||
Acanthinucella spirata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Distribution
A. spirata occurs on the West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.
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.
References
Acanthinucella spirata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA