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Acanthina unicornis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum unicorne was named by Bruguiére (1789) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene-Recent; Peru-Chile.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Acanthina unicornis by DeVries (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. tuberculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Buccinum unicorne Bruguiére p. 254
2003Acanthina unicornis DeVries p. 335

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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
speciesunicornis(Bruguiére 1789)

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.

Acanthina unicornis Bruguiére 1789
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available