Acanthinucella spirata
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| Acanthinucella spirata | |
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| File:Acanthina spirata (5403679778).jpg | |
| A live Acanthinucella spirata | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Acanthinucella |
| Species: | A. spirata
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Monoceros unicarinata Sowerby, 1835 | |
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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
[edit | edit source]A. spirata occurs on the West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.
Human use
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b 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) [1]
External links
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