Acanthina spirata
| Angular Unicorn | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| NE[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Acanthina |
| Species: | A. spirata |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthina spirata (de Blainville, 1832) | |
Acanthina spirata, common name the "angular unicorn",[2] is a species of small predatory sea snail that occurs on the West Coast or 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.[3]
References
- ↑ IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 28 September 2008.
- ↑ ITIS Report for Acanthina spirata
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008)