Acanthinucella spirata
| Acanthinucella spirata | |
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| A live Acanthinucella spirata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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
A. spirata occurs on the West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.
Description
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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
- ^ 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acanthinucella spirata.
- Flagor, Torre E.; Bourdeau, Paul E. (12 September 2018). "First record of the predatory snail Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) north of its known range". Marine Biodiversity Records. 11 (1): 19. Bibcode:2018MBdR...11...19F. doi:10.1186/s41200-018-0156-z. ISSN 1755-2672.