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]
  • Nucella ostrina Gould, A.A., 1852
  • Purpura emarginata Deshayes, 1839
  • Thais emarginata (Deshayes, 1839)

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2011.

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