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Acanthina (unicorn)
Taxonomy
Acanthina was named by Fischer de Waldheim (1807) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Purpura (Acanthina) by Lecointre (1952).
It was assigned to Thaisidae by Olsson (1931); to Purpura by Lecointre (1952); to Thaididae by Gordillo (1991); to Muricidae by Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ocenebrinae by DeVries and Vermeij (1997), DeVries (2003) and DeVries (2005).
It was reranked as Purpura (Acanthina) by Lecointre (1952).
It was assigned to Thaisidae by Olsson (1931); to Purpura by Lecointre (1952); to Thaididae by Gordillo (1991); to Muricidae by Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ocenebrinae by DeVries and Vermeij (1997), DeVries (2003) and DeVries (2005).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
G. Acanthina Fischer de Waldheim 1807 [unicorn]
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†Acanthina katzi Fleming 1972
Acanthina monodon Pallas 1974
†Acanthina obesa DeVries 2003
†Acanthina perrini Trask 1922
†Acanthina rugosa DeVries 2003
†Acanthina triangularis DeVries 2003
Acanthina unicornis Bruguiére 1789
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available