Acanthina spirata

Taxobox
name = Angular Unicorn
status = NE [IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 28 September 2008.]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Prosobranchia
ordo = Neogastropoda
familia = Muricidae
genus = "Acanthina"
species = "A. spirata"
binomial = "Acanthina spirata"
binomial_authority = (de Blainville, 1832)

"Acanthina spirata", Angular unicorn [ITIS Report for "Acanthina spirata" [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=73436] ] , is a species of sea snail that occurs over parts of the Pacific Ocean coast of North America. This species is known to have been exploited by some Native Americans such as the Chumash of Central California approximately 1000 to 1200 AD. [C. Michael Hogan, "Los Osos Back Bay", Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008) [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18353] ]

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