Biology:Acanthina unicornis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Acanthina unicornis
Acanthina unicornis shell drawing (number 4)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	Acanthina
Species:	A. unicornis
Binomial name
Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms
Buccinum dentatum Wood, 1818 Buccinum unicornis Bruguiere, 1789 Monoceros citrinum Sowerby, 1835 Monoceros crassilabrum Lamarck, 1816 Monoceros crassilabrum var. album Sowerby, 1835 Monoceros glabratum Lamarck, 1816 Monoceros globulus Sowerby, 1835 Nucella acuminata Carcelles, 1954 Purpura novaehollandiae Blainville, 1832

Acanthina unicornis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4671876 entry