Acanthinucella punctulata
| Acanthinucella punctulata | |
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| A shell of A. punctutulata with a hermit crab living inside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Acanthinucella |
| Species: | A. punctulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthinucella punctulata (Sowerby G.B. I, 1835) | |
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Acanthinucella punctulata, common name: the spotted thorn drupe or "spotted unicorn", is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
These snails are small in size, about 2.5 cm. in length. The shell has dark spiral markings resembling wide dots or dashes.
Distribution
These snails are found on the West Coast of North America, from Monterey, California, to northern Baja California, Mexico.
Habitat
A. punctulata lives on rocky shores in the upper intertidal zone.
A pair of A. punctulata mating in a tide pool in central California
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Acanthinucella punctulata (Sowerby, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 February 2011.
- McLean, James H., 1978 ‘’Marine Shells of Southern California’’, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Museum, Science Series 24, Revised Edition: 1-104
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