Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Nucella emarginata | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ocenebrinae Rank Species | |
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Similar Nucella canaliculata, Nucella lamellosa, Nucella ostrina, Nucella lima, Nucella | ||
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.
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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
Nucella emarginata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA