Biology:Acanthais callaoensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Acanthais callaoensis | |
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| Shell of Acanthais callaoensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Acanthais |
| Species: | A. callaoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthais callaoensis (Gray, 1828)
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Acanthais callaoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 14.4 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Galapagos Islands.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Acanthais callaoensis (Gray, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714165 on 2019-01-06
- ↑ Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]
- Peña G.M. (1973). Gasterópodos marinos del Perú, con descripción de dos nuevas especies. Tesis Doctoral, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 342 p. Lima, Perú.
External links
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