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Frilled Dogwinkle

Nucella lamellosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 229, February 212, March 330, April 386, May 596, June 519, July 412, August 367, September 323, October 256, November 206, December 209.
United States6,879
British Columbia4,061
Canada4,032
Washington3,987
California1,334
Oregon905
Alaska341
Nevada2
Maine2
Idaho1

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

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