Acanthina punctulata

Acanthina punctulata

Taxobox
name = "Acanthina punctulata"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Neogastropoda
superfamilia = Muricoidea
familia = Muricidae
genus = "Acanthina"
species = "A. punctulata"
binomial = "Acanthina punctulata"
binomial_authority = Sowerby, 1825)

"Acanthina punctulata", common name the spotted unicorn, is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Distribution

This snail occurs from Monterey, California, to northern Baja California, Mexico.

Habitat

"Acanthina punctulata" lives in the upper intertidal zone.

References

Books

* McLean, James H., 1978 ‘’Marine Shells of Southern California’’, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Museum, Science Series 24, Revised Edition: 1-104


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