Acanthinucella

Acanthinucella
A hermit-crabbed shell of Acanthinucella punctulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Cooke, 1918

Acanthinucella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Acanthinucella include:

Image Scientific name Distribution
Acanthinucella paucilirata (Stearns, 1871)[2] Mexico
Acanthinucella punctulata (Sowerby, 1835)[3] West Coast of North America, from Monterey, California, to northern Baja California, Mexico.
Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)[4] West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.

References

  1. ^ Acanthinucella Cooke, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Acanthinucella paucilirata (Stearns, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Acanthinucella punctulata (Sowerby, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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