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. 1 2 Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 December 2010.


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