Acanthina

Acanthina
	Acanthina monodon shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	Acanthina; Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
Synonyms
	Monoceros Lamarck, 1809 (Invalid: junior homonym of Monoceros Lacépède, 1798 [Pisces] and others); Rudolpha Schumacher, 1817; Unicornus Montfort, 1810;

Acanthina, common name the unicorn snails, is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Habitat

These snails live in the intertidal zone.

Species within the genus Acanthina:

Acanthina paucilirata now Acanthinucella paucilirata
Acanthina punctulata] now Acanthinucella punctulata
Acanthina lugubris now Mexacanthina lugubris
Acanthina spirata now Acanthinucella spirata
Acanthina angelica Oldroyd, 1918 : synonym of Mexacanthina angelica (Oldroyd, 1918)
Acanthina costata Fischer, 1807 : synonym of Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)
Acanthina imbricata Fischer, 1807 : synonym of Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)
Acanthina laevigata Fischer, 1807 : synonym of Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)
Acanthina tyrianthina Berry, 1957 : synonym of Mexacanthina lugubris (Sowerby, 1821)

^ ^a ^b Houart, R. (2010). Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=377980 on 2010-12-08

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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