Dog Whelk
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| Scientific name | Nucella lapillus |
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| Family | Muricidae |
| Higher classification | Nucella |
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily | Muricoidea |
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| ID | 2258817 |
About Dog Whelk
The dog whelk, dogwhelk, or Atlantic dogwinkle, scientific name Nucella lapillus, is a species of predatory sea snail, a carnivorous marine gastropod in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. Nucella lapillus was originally described by Linnaeus in 1758 as Buccinum lapillus.
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