WoRMS taxon details
Acanthais brevidentata (W. Wood, 1828)
395268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395268)
accepted
Species
Buccinum brevidentatum W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Monoceros brevidentatum (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Monoceros maculatum Gray, 1839 · unaccepted
Purpura cornigera Blainville, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura ocellata Kiener, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Buccinum brevidentatum W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 12 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthais brevidentata (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395268 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Purpura cornigera Blainville, 1832) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1832). Disposition méthodique des espèces récentes et fossiles des genres Pourpre, Ricinule, Licorne et Concholépas de M. de Lamarck, et description des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues, faisant partie de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 1: 189-263, pls 9-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33122454
page(s): 213, pl. 9 fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Purpura ocellata Kiener, 1835) Kiener, L. C. (1835-1837). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 8. Famille des Purpurifères. Première partie. Genres Cassidaire, (<i>Cassidaria</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-10, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; Casque (<i>Cassis</i>), Bruguière, pp. 1-40, pl. 1-16 [all (1835)]; Tonne (<i>Dolium</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-16, pl. 1-5 [all (1835)]; Harpe (<i>Harpa</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-12, pl. 1-6 [all (1835)]; Pourpre (<i>Purpura</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-151, pl. 1-46 [pp. 1-32 (1835), 33-80 (1836), 81-151 (1837); pl. 1-21 (1835), 22-39 (1836), 40-46 (1837)]. <em>Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19859 [details]
original description (of Buccinum brevidentatum W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Monoceros maculatum Gray, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613 [details]
new combination reference Vermeij, G. J. & Kool, S. P. (1994). Evolution of labral spines in <i>Acanthais</i>, new genus, and other rapanine muricid gastropods. <em>The Veliger.</em> 37(4): 414-424., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42465124
page(s): 415, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 213, pl. 9 fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Purpura ocellata Kiener, 1835) Kiener, L. C. (1835-1837). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 8. Famille des Purpurifères. Première partie. Genres Cassidaire, (<i>Cassidaria</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-10, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; Casque (<i>Cassis</i>), Bruguière, pp. 1-40, pl. 1-16 [all (1835)]; Tonne (<i>Dolium</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-16, pl. 1-5 [all (1835)]; Harpe (<i>Harpa</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-12, pl. 1-6 [all (1835)]; Pourpre (<i>Purpura</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-151, pl. 1-46 [pp. 1-32 (1835), 33-80 (1836), 81-151 (1837); pl. 1-21 (1835), 22-39 (1836), 40-46 (1837)]. <em>Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19859 [details]
original description (of Buccinum brevidentatum W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Monoceros maculatum Gray, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613 [details]
new combination reference Vermeij, G. J. & Kool, S. P. (1994). Evolution of labral spines in <i>Acanthais</i>, new genus, and other rapanine muricid gastropods. <em>The Veliger.</em> 37(4): 414-424., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42465124
page(s): 415, fig. 1 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Buccinum brevidentatum W. Wood, 1828)
To Conchology (Acanthais brevidentata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthais brevidentata)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum brevidentatum W. Wood, 1828)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acanthais brevidentata (W. Wood, 1828) Panama, Veraguas, Isla Gobernadora, collecte...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-139) (from synonym Purpura cornigera Blainville, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Buccinum brevidentatum W. Wood, 1828)
To Conchology (Acanthais brevidentata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthais brevidentata)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum brevidentatum W. Wood, 1828)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acanthais brevidentata (W. Wood, 1828) Panama, Veraguas, Isla Gobernadora, collecte...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-139) (from synonym Purpura cornigera Blainville, 1832)
