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Emarginate Dogwinkle

Nucella emarginata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 79, February 68, March 71, April 88, May 86, June 63, July 54, August 55, September 70, October 71, November 92, December 71.
United States927
California848
Canada154
British Columbia150
Washington53
Oregon23
Nevada2
Saskatchewan2
Nunavut2
Maine1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyMurex Snails · Muricidae
GenusNucella

Sources

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