WoRMS name details
Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789)
377981 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:377981)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Buccinum unicorne Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 254 [details]
page(s): 254 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=377981 on 2026-09-29
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Nomenclature
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(of Buccinum unicorne Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 254 [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.
page(s): 22, pls 1M-Q, 2A-L [details]
page(s): 254 [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.
page(s): 22, pls 1M-Q, 2A-L [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Synonymy with A. monodon established through genetics by Sánchez et al. 2011 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthina unicornis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789) Chile, Los Lagos, Chiloé Island, Quellon, Pun...
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthina unicornis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789) Chile, Los Lagos, Chiloé Island, Quellon, Pun...
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