Acanthinucella spirata
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| A live Acanthinucella spirata | |
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| Superfamily: | Muricoidea
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| Species: | A. spirata
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| Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)
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Monoceros unicarinata Sowerby, 1835 | |
Acanthinucella spirata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution[]
A. spirata occurs on the West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.
Description[]
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Human use[]
This species is known to have been exploited by some Native Americans such as the Chumash of Central California approximately 1000 to 1200 AD.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008) [1]
External links[]
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- Flagor, Torre E.; Bourdeau, Paul E. (12 September 2018). "First record of the predatory snail Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) north of its known range". Marine Biodiversity Records. 11 (1). doi:10.1186/s41200-018-0156-z. ISSN 1755-2672.
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