Acanthina monodon

Acanthina monodon is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Acanthina monodon
Acanthina monodon shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Acanthina
Species:
A. monodon
Binomial name
Acanthina monodon
(Pallas, 1774)
Synonyms[1]

Acanthina costata Fischer, 1807
Acanthina imbricata Fischer, 1807
Acanthina laevigata Fischer, 1807
Buccinum monoceros Bruguière, 1789
Buccinum monodon Pallas, 1774
Buccinum narval Bruguière, 1789
Monoceros acuminatum Sowerby, 1835
Monoceros breve Sowerby, 1821
Monoceros calcar sensu Martyn, 1784 Deshayes, 1844
Monoceros costatum Sowerby, 1835
Monoceros imbricatum Lamarck, 1816
Monoceros striatum Lamarck, 1822
Unicornus typus Montfort, 1810

References
  1. Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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