Nucella lima

Nucella lima
Nucella lima under attack by the starfish Leptasterias hexactis
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. lima
Binomial name
Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Murex lima Gmelin, 1791 Purpura attenuata Reeve, 1846

Nucella lima, common name : the File 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 19 mm and 51 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean from the Arctic to Baja California, Mexico; and along Northern Japan

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404384 on 2 December 2010.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Nucella lima; accessed : 2 December 2010

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