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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Nucella |
| Species: | N. lima
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| Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791)
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Murex lima Gmelin, 1791 | |
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]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean from the Arctic to Baja California, Mexico; and along Northern Japan .
Description
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The shell size varies between 19 mm and 51 mm.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 December 2010.
External links
- "Nucella lima" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_2999.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3175389 entry
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