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file dogwinkle

Nucella lima

Classification

Family
Muricidae

Nucella lima, commonly known as the File Dog Winkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Distribution This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean from the Arctic to Baja California, Mexico; and along Northern Japan. Description The shell size varies between 19 mm and 51 mm.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 33