Nucella canaliculata
| Nucella canaliculata | |
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| Nucella caniculata surrounded by thatched barnacles (Semibalanus cariosus), and pile worms (Nereis vexillosa) | |
| 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. canaliculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Purpura analoga Forbes, 1852 | |
Nucella canaliculata, common name : the Channelled Dog Winkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 53 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean from the Aleutians to California
Apertural view of Nucella caniculata
References
- 1 2 Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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