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Acanthinucella punctulata Punctata Thorn Drupe, Spotted Thorn Drupe

Acanthinucella punctulata is commonly referred to as Punctata Thorn Drupe, Spotted Thorn Drupe. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Acanthinucella punctulata (HMB) 2008


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lexID:
15081 
AphiaID:
404474 
Scientific:
Acanthinucella punctulata 
German:
Gepunktete Acanthinucella 
English:
Punctata Thorn Drupe, Spotted Thorn Drupe 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Acanthinucella (Genus) > punctulata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, ), 1835 
Occurrence:
Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
2,7 cm 
Food:
Carnivore, Invertebrates, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-09-17 09:30:02 

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Acanthinucella punctulata (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)

The spotted thorn drupe is a species of predatory sea snail in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Genus Acanthinucella (3 species):
Acanthinucella paucilirata - Mexico
Acanthinucella punctulata - West Coast of North America, from Monterey, California, to northern Baja California, Mexico.
Acanthina spirata - West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America

Synonymised names:
Acanthina lapilloides (Conrad, 1837) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Acanthina punctulata (Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Monoceros punctulatum J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 · unaccepted (original combination)
Purpura lapilloides Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

  1. seanet.stanfort.edu (en). Abgerufen am 06.08.2022.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 06.08.2022.

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