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Acanthina (unicorn)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

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).

Species
A. katzi, A. monodon, A. obesa, A. perrini, A. rugosa, A. triangularis, A. unicornis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. tuberculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Acanthina Fischer de Waldheim
1931Acanthina Olsson p. 106
1952Purpura (Acanthina) Lecointre
1991Acanthina Gordillo p. 129
1997Acanthina DeVries and Vermeij p. 613
2001Acanthina Todd
2002Acanthina Sepkoski
2003Acanthina DeVries p. 333
2005Acanthina DeVries p. 278

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusAcanthinaFischer de Waldheim 1807

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
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 28.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru Acanthina katzi (80480)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile Acanthina katzi (89189) Acanthina sp. (78522)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Chile (Coquimbo) Acanthina obesa (221642)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile Acanthina medinae (78521)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru Acanthina katzi (76635 80483 80523) Acanthina sp. (80504 80505)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru Acanthina katzi (80497 80507 80513 80514 80515) Acanthina obesa (76597) Acanthina sp. (80509)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru Acanthina katzi (80511) Acanthina obesa (80419 80499 80500 80510) Acanthina sp. (80520)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Chile (Huasco) Acanthina sp. (223683)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Acanthina n. sp. (194796)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Acanthina triangularis, Acanthina obesa (13079)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Acanthina tuberculata (43846)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Peru Acanthina obesa (80484 80498 89183 89184) Acanthina rugosa (80502)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Acanthina emersoni (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Chile (Coquimbo) Acanthina sp., Acanthina unicornis (221665) Acanthina triangularis (221643) Acanthina unicornis (222347)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Chile Acanthina unicornis (142301)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) Acanthina tuberculata (43681)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Acanthina grandis (96595)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Chile (Huasco) Acanthina unicornis (223685)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Chile (Coquimbo) Acanthina unicornis (222352)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Peru Acanthina katzi (80503) Acanthina triangularis (80409 80487 80517 80541) Acanthina unicornis (80406 80506)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Chile (Atacama) Acanthina unicornis (221938)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chile Acanthina triangularis (142300)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Holocene3.6 - 0.0Chile (Atacama) Acanthina unicornis (222326)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acanthina paucilirata (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru Acanthina muricata (207004)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Chile (Coquimbo) Acanthina unicornis (222351)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Chile (Huasco) Acanthina unicornis (223689 223690)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Chile Acanthina unicornis (68323)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Peru (Ica) Acanthina unicornis (219059 219105)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Acanthina tuberculata (88573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Acanthina grande, Acanthina muricata (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) Acanthina monodon (43708 43711)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Acanthina monodon (71610)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acanthina paucilirata (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Acanthina angelica (44963 96563) Acanthina angelica, Acanthina muricata (96557 96559)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Acanthina monodon (76643) Acanthina sp. (80501)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Acanthina imbricata (65820 65823)