Atlantic Dog whelk, on the coast of MaineMarine Environmental Research Institute, Blue Hill, MaineJunior Internship ProgramNew England Aquarium Summer Science ProgramNaGISA Sampling, Summer 2010
Warning The original file has a large number of pixels and when opened at full resolution, may either not load properly or cause your browser to freeze. These problems can be avoided by use of the ZoomViewer. : Open in ZoomViewer. Summary[edit] Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Subregnum: Eumetazoa • Cladus: Bilateria • Superphylum: Protostomia • Phylum: Mollusca • Classis: Gastropoda • Cladus: Caenogastropoda • Cladus: Hypsogastropoda • Cladus: Neogastropoda • Superfamilia: Muricoidea • Familia: Muricidae • Subfamilia: Ocenebrinae • Genus: Nucella • Species: Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) Description: Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) English: Scaly Dogwhelk; Length 2.6 cm; Originating from Paternoster, Western Cape Province, South Africa; Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded. Dorsal, lateral (right side), ventral, back, and front view. Deutsch: Länge 2,6 cm; Herkunft: Paternoster, Westkap, Südafrika. Date: 2 January 2013. Source: Own work. Author: H. Zell. To the gallery of shells[edit].
Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Saline Bay, low tide, live on rocks, collected 2008-07-00, ex coll. J. Trausel. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker.