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Acanthinucella spirata (angular unicorn)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura spirata was named by Blainville (1832). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acanthina spirata by Soper and Grant (1932); it was recombined as Acanthinucella spirata by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Purpura spirata Blainville p. 252 figs. pl. 12, fig. 8
1932Acanthina spirata Soper and Grant p. 1062
2021Acanthinucella spirata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAcanthinucella
speciesspirata(Blainville 1832)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Acanthinucella spirata Blainville 1832 [angular unicorn]
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Invalid names: Monoceras engonatum Conrad 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Acanthina spirata (200403 238435 238437)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Acanthina spirata (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Acanthina spirata (201624)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acanthina spirata (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Acanthina spirata (37938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Acanthina spirata (202492 222998 223329) Monoceros engonatum (222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Monoceras engonatum (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Acanthina spirata (52347 67643 67644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Acanthina spirata (37673 59063 96566 96895 160361 202490 202491 219029 219030 240555 240593 240615 240635 240643 240644 240645 240646 240648 240650 240652 240653 240661) Acanthinucella spirata (96936) Monoceras engonatum (222674) Monoceros engonatum (222659 222660 222661 222662)