Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791)

• Frilled dogwinkle / wrinkled purple whelk

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. lamellosa

90.5mm
Washington, USA

From my collection

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