Nucella rolani

Nucella rolani
Nucella rolani
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. rolani
Binomial name
Nucella rolani
(Bogi & Nofroni, 1984)
Synonyms[1]

Coralliophila rolani Bogi & Nofroni, 1984

Nucella rolani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size is up to 24 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Portugal and Northwest Spain.

References

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