Nucella dubia

Nucella dubia
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. dubia
Binomial name
*Nucella dubia* (Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms^[1]
Cominella acutispira Sowerby, 1821 Nucella pyramidalis (Turton, 1932) Purpura dubia Krauss, 1848 Purpura zeyheri Krauss, 1852 Thais pyramidalis Turton, 1932 Thais rufanensis Turton, 1932 Trophon acutispira (G. B. Sowerby III, 1921)

Nucella dubia, common name the common dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Namibia and off the South Coast and West Coast of South Africa.

References

1 2 Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp

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