Nucella dubia

Nucella dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	Nucella
Species:	N. dubia
Binomial name
	Nucella dubia; (Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms
	Cominella acutispira Sowerby, 1821; Nucella pyramidalis (Turton, 1932); Purpura dubia Krauss, 1848; Purpura zeyheri Krauss, 1852; Thais pyramidalis Turton, 1932; Thais rufanensis Turton, 1932; Trophon acutispira (G. B. Sowerby III, 1921);

Nucella dubia, common name the common dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

This marine species occurs off Namibia and off the South Coast and West Coast of South Africa.

Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp

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