Acanthais brevidentata

Acanthais brevidentata
Acanthais brevidentata shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Acanthais
Species: A. brevidentata
Binomial name
Acanthais brevidentata
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum brevidentatum Wood, 1828
Monoceros maculatum Gray, 1839
Purpura cornigera Blainville, 1832
Purpura ocellata Kiener, 1835

Acanthais brevidentata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Acanthais brevidentata (Wood, 1828).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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