Dog whelk
Nucella lapillus
Category: Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Muricidae
- Genus
- Nucella
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 10 countries and 2 regions.
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 7 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Silfra & Thingvellir, Iceland - 36 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 429 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 280 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 1 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 37 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 177 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 3 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 826 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 603 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 582 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 515 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 572 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 16 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 2 records