WoRMS taxon details
Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
377980 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:377980)
accepted
Genus
Buccinum monoceros Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774) (type by subsequent designation)
Acanthina (Acanthina) Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 · unaccepted
Acanthiza [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect spelling of Acanthina)
Monoceros Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Monoceros Lacépède, 1798 [Pisces] and others
Nucella (Acanthina) Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Purpura (Acanthina) Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Purpura (Monoceros) Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rudolpha Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unicornus Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)
- Species Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789)
- Subgenus Acanthina (Acanthina) Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
- Subgenus Acanthina (Acanthinucella) A. H. Cooke, 1918 accepted as Acanthinucella A. H. Cooke, 1918 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Acanthina (Neorapana) A. H. Cooke, 1918 accepted as Neorapana A. H. Cooke, 1918 (original rank)
- Species Acanthina angelica Oldroyd, 1918 accepted as Mexacanthina angelica (Oldroyd, 1918) (original combination)
- Species Acanthina costata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthina crassilabrum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789)
- Species Acanthina imbricata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthina laevigata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthina lapilloides (Conrad, 1837) accepted as Acanthinucella punctulata (J. E. Gray, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthina lugubris (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) accepted as Mexacanthina lugubris (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthina paucilirata (Stearns, 1871) accepted as Acanthinucella paucilirata (Stearns, 1871)
- Species Acanthina punctulata (J. E. Gray, 1835) accepted as Acanthinucella punctulata (J. E. Gray, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthina spirata (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)
- Species Acanthina tuberculata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) accepted as Neorapana tuberculata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Species Acanthina tyrianthina S. S. Berry, 1957 accepted as Mexacanthina lugubris (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) (synonym)
marine
Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). <i>Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux</i>. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487
page(s): 174 [details]
page(s): 174 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=377980 on 2025-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). <i>Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux</i>. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487
page(s): 174 [details]
original description (of Unicornus Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 454 [details]
original description (of Rudolpha Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
original description (of Monoceros Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 2 [details]
basis of record DeVries, T. J. (2003). <i>Acanthina</i> Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (Gastropoda: Muricidae), an ocenebrine genus endemic to South America. <em>The Veliger.</em> 46 (4): 332-350., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42496877 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp. [details]
page(s): 174 [details]
original description (of Unicornus Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 454 [details]
original description (of Rudolpha Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
original description (of Monoceros Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 2 [details]
basis of record DeVries, T. J. (2003). <i>Acanthina</i> Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (Gastropoda: Muricidae), an ocenebrine genus endemic to South America. <em>The Veliger.</em> 46 (4): 332-350., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42496877 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Strong, A. M. (1925). <i>Acanthina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 38(3): 104., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525085 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
