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Genus of gastropods

Acanthinucella
A hermit-crabbed shell of Acanthinucella punctulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Acanthinucella
Cooke, 1918

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

Species

Species within the genus Acanthinucella include:

Image Scientific name Distribution
Acanthinucella paucilirata (Stearns, 1871) Mexico
Acanthinucella punctulata (Sowerby, 1835) West Coast of North America, from Monterey, California, to northern Baja California, Mexico.
Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) 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.
Taxon identifiers
Acanthinucella


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