Acanthinucella spirata
| Acanthinucella spirata | |
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| A live Acanthinucella spirata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Acanthinucella |
| Species: | A. spirata |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
Distribution
It occurs on the West Coast or 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.[2]
References
- 1 2 Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008)
External links
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