Dog whelk
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The dog whelk, dogwhelk, or Atlantic dogwinkle (Nucella lapillus) is a species of predatory sea snail, a carnivorous marine gastropod in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
Dog whelk | |
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A group of live Nucella lapillus on the barnacles which they eat. | |
Nucella lapillus shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Nucella |
Species: | N. lapillus |
Binomial name | |
Nucella lapillus | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Buccinum filosa Gmelin, 1791 |
Nucella lapillus was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Buccinum lapillus (the basionym).
"Dog whelk" can also refer to the Nassariidae.