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Acanthina
Sign in to saveAcanthina, 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.
Species
unicorn snails
Genus
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 444
- With media
- 40
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- United States, Peru, Ecuador
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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.
==Description== The shell is ovate. The body whorl is large. The spire is rather elevated. The aperture is semilunar. The inner lip is wide and flattened. The outer lip is crenated, with a prominent tooth at the fore part.
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