Acanthinucella
| Acanthinucella | |
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| A hermit-crabbed shell of Acanthinucella punctulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Acanthinucella include:
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Acanthinucella paucilirata (Stearns, 1871)[2] | Mexico | |
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Acanthinucella punctulata (Sowerby, 1835)[3] | West Coast of North America, from Monterey, California, to northern Baja California, Mexico. |
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Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)[4] | West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America. |
References
[edit]- ^ Acanthinucella Cooke, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Acanthinucella paucilirata (Stearns, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Acanthinucella punctulata (Sowerby, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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