Acanthina spirata

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Angular Unicorn
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Prosobranchia Order: Neogastropoda Family: Muricidae Genus: Acanthina Species: A. spirata
Binomial name
Acanthina spirata (de Blainville, 1832)

Acanthina spirata is a species of sea snail^[1] that occurs over parts of the Pacific Ocean coast of North America. This species is known to have been exploited by some Native Americans such as the Chumash of Central California approximately 1000 to 1200 AD.^[2]

[edit] See also

• Acanthina

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[edit] References

• ITIS Report for Acanthina spirata [1]
• C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008) [2]