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Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)
404477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404477)
accepted
Species
Acanthina lapilloides var. aurantia Dall, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthina spirata (Blainville, 1832) · unaccepted
Monoceros unicarinatum G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Purpura (Monoceros) brevidens Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpura (Monoceros) engonata Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpura (Monoceros) lapilloides var. aurantia Dall, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpura brevidens Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura engonata Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura spirata Blainville, 1832 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Purpura spirata 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): 252, pl. 12 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 252, pl. 12 fig. 8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404477 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Monoceros unicarinatum G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). <i>Monoceros</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 78-83, fig. 1-16. Catalogue and index, 4 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11916065
page(s): 81, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Purpura spirata 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): 252, pl. 12 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Acanthina lapilloides var. aurantia Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Descriptions of new species of mollusks from the Pacific Coast of the United States, with notes on other mollusks from the same region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 34: 245-257., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15708734
page(s): 248-249 [details]
original description (of Purpura (Monoceros) brevidens Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893 [details]
original description (of Purpura (Monoceros) engonata Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 23, pls 3K-S, 4A-E [details]
page(s): 81, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Purpura spirata 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): 252, pl. 12 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Acanthina lapilloides var. aurantia Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Descriptions of new species of mollusks from the Pacific Coast of the United States, with notes on other mollusks from the same region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 34: 245-257., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15708734
page(s): 248-249 [details]
original description (of Purpura (Monoceros) brevidens Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893 [details]
original description (of Purpura (Monoceros) engonata Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 23, pls 3K-S, 4A-E [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Acanthinucella spirata cf.)
To Conchology (Acanthinucella spirata)
To Malacopics (Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) United States, California, Del Norte County, Crescent City, collected 1972-00-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) United States, California, San Diego Co., San Diego, on Scripps Beach, in littoral zone, collected 25th April 1992, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr...
To NMNH Extant Collection (JPEM 02734) (from synonym Acanthina spirata (Blainville, 1832))
To Conchology (Acanthinucella spirata)
To Malacopics (Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) United States, California, Del Norte County, Crescent City, collected 1972-00-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) United States, California, San Diego Co., San Diego, on Scripps Beach, in littoral zone, collected 25th April 1992, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr...
To NMNH Extant Collection (JPEM 02734) (from synonym Acanthina spirata (Blainville, 1832))
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
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Hosted externally
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
