Acanthinucella spirata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Biology This species is predatory, preying on the genus Littorina. Its egg capsules are 4-9 mm long, and hold 17-49 embryos. It uses paralytic venom, presumably to hunt its prey.
Distribution A. spirata occurs on the West Coast, or the Pacific Ocean coast of North America, living in rocky intertidal zones.
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.C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008)
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