Acanthinucella spirata

Acanthinucella spirata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Acanthinucella spirata
A live Acanthinucella spirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Acanthinucella
Species:	A. spirata
Binomial name
Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
Monoceros unicarinata Sowerby, 1835 Purpura brevidens Conrad, 1837 Purpura engonata Conrad, 1837 Purpura lapilloides var. aurantia Dall, 1908 Purpura spirata Blainville, 1832

Distribution

A. spirata occurs on the West Coast aka the Pacific Ocean coast of North America.

Description

Human use

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]