Nucella emarginata
| Nucella emarginata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Nucella |
| Species: | N. emarginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nucella emarginata, common name the emarginate dog winkle, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The adult shell size of this species can reach 25 mm or 30 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed between the Bering Sea and Pacific Mexico.
References
- 1 2 Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2011.
External links
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