Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Ocenebrinae

Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789)
Not found in the Western Atlantic

Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm

Synonymy

Buccinum unicorne Bruguière, 1789
Monoceros unicornis (Bruguière, 1789)
Nucella crassilabrum (Lamarck, 1816)
Monoceros crassilabrum Lamarck, 1816
Purpura crassilabrum (Lamarck, 1816)
Monoceros acuminatus Sowerby I, 1835
Monoceros citrinus Sowerby I, 1835
Monoceros costatus Sowerby I, 1835
Monoceros globulus Sowerby I, 1835
Monoceros ambiguus Sowerby I, 1846

Details

Buccinum unicorne Bruguière, 1789, p. 254
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cap Horn
Distribution: Chile
References: DeVries (2003) v
Combining Genera: Monoceros

Monoceros acuminatum Sowerby I, 1835i, p. 50, [Sowerby 1835j, pl. 82, fig. 9]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ad oras Chiliae (Baldivia)
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Sowerby I (1835i) M; Kaicher (1980c:2435) T; DeVries (2003) s

Monoceros ambiguus Sowerby I, 1846,
[Synonym]
References: DeVries (2003) s

Monoceros citrinum Sowerby I, 1835i, p. 51
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Apud Coquimbo
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Sowerby I (1835i) DdLlM; DeVries (2003) s

Monoceros costatum Sowerby I, 1835h, p. [Sowerby 1835i: 50], pl. 81, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Chili (Conception)
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 33 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Sowerby I (1835i) DdLlM; DeVries (2003) s

Monoceros crassilabrum Lamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 252], pl. 396, figs. 2a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Les mers Magellaniques (Lamarck 1822b)]
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Strebel (1905b); DeVries (2003) s
Combining Genera: Nucella Purpura

Monoceros globulus Sowerby I, 1835i, p. 50
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ad oras Chiliae (Maulé)
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Sowerby I (1835i) DdLlM; DeVries (2003) s

Partial List of References

Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1789. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 1-344. Panckoucke: Paris.
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris.
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1835. Monoceros Conchological Illustrations pl. 81 [True date: 30 Jun 1835.]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1835. [Undescribed Shells contained in the collection of Mr. Cuming.] [Genus Monoceros] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3 49-51. [True date: 17 Jul 1835.]

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