Acanthinucella

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

Acanthinucella
A hermit-crabbed shell of Acanthinucella punctulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Acanthinucella

Cooke, 1918

Species

Species within the genus Acanthinucella include:

ImageScientific nameDistribution
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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