Acanthina
Acanthina, common name the unicorn snails, is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.Habitat
These snails live in the intertidal zone.Species within the genus Acanthina:
- Acanthina monodon
- Acanthina unicornis
; Species brought into synonymy :
- Acanthina paucilirata now Acanthinucella paucilirata
- Acanthina punctulata] now Acanthinucella punctulata
- Acanthina lugubris now Mexacanthina lugubris
- Acanthina spirata now Acanthinucella spirata
- Acanthina angelica Oldroyd, 1918 : synonym of Mexacanthina angelica
- Acanthina costata Fischer, 1807 : synonym of Acanthina monodon
- Acanthina imbricata Fischer, 1807 : synonym of Acanthina monodon
- Acanthina laevigata Fischer, 1807 : synonym of Acanthina monodon
- Acanthina tyrianthina Berry, 1957 : synonym of Mexacanthina lugubris
