Nucella lima
Species of gastropod
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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.[1]
| Nucella lima | |
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| Nucella lima under attack by the starfish Leptasterias hexactis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Nucella |
| Species: | N. lima |
| Binomial name | |
| Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murex lima Gmelin, 1791 | |
Distribution
Description
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The shell size varies between 19 mm and 51 mm.
