Nucella ostrina

Nucella ostrina
Nucella ostrina and eggs
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. ostrina
Binomial name
Nucella ostrina
(Gould, 1852)
Synonyms[1]

Purpura ostrina Gould, 1852
Thais emarginata var. projecta Dall, 1915

Nucella ostrina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nucella ostrina (Gould, 1852).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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