Muricidae
Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ocenebra erinaceus is a marine species with a characteristic varicose, ribbed shell found in the eastern North Atlantic and adjacent seas.
Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Ocenebra edwardsii is a marine snail with a 12–20 mm shell found in European, Mediterranean, and Atlantic western African waters.
Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822)
Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822)
Urosalpinx cinerea is a small, sluggish Atlantic North American endemic snail that has been introduced to other temperate coastal regions.
Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)
Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)
Acanthina monodon is a species of marine gastropod mollusk sea snail in the murex snail family Muricidae.
Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832)
Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832)
Nucella canaliculata, the channeled dog winkle, is a predatory intertidal sea snail native to the Pacific coast of North America.
Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Nucella lamellosa is a variable common predatory intertidal whelk native to the northeastern Pacific that changes its shell shape in response to native predators.
Nucella ostrina (Gould, 1852)
Nucella ostrina (Gould, 1852)
Nucella ostrina is a predatory intertidal dogwinkle native to the northeastern Pacific coast of North America.
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nucella lapillus (the dog whelk) is a marine snail found on Atlantic rocky shores, historically used to make purple dye.
Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839)
Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839)
Nucella emarginata is a carnivorous rocky intertidal gastropod found from California to Pacific Mexico, split from N. ostrina in 1990.
Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816)
Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816)
Nucella squamosa, the scaly dogwhelk, is a small marine southern African whelk that often hosts a protective commensal hydroid.
Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791)
Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791)
The leafy hornmouth, Ceratostoma foliatum, is a medium-to-large marine gastropod in the Muricidae family found in the Eastern Pacific off North America's west coast.
Ceratostoma nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)
Ceratostoma nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)
Ceratostoma nuttalli is a species of marine murex/rock sea snail in the gastropod family Muricidae.
Pteropurpura trialata (G.B.Sowerby II, 1834)
Pteropurpura trialata (G.B.Sowerby II, 1834)
Pteropurpura trialata, the three-winged murex, is a marine snail found in the semi-tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)
Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)
Pteropurpura festiva is a predatory marine sea snail found from Southern California to Baja California that resists Asian mussel invasion.
Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Ocinebrina aciculata is a species of murex sea snail found in European, Mediterranean, and Northeast Atlantic Azores waters.
Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)
Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)
Acanthinucella spirata is a predatory North American Pacific coast murex sea snail once exploited by the Chumash people.
Acanthinucella punctulata (J.E.Gray, 1835)
Acanthinucella punctulata (J.E.Gray, 1835)
Acanthinucella punctulata is a small intertidal rocky shore snail found on the North American West Coast from California to Baja California.
Eupleura caudata (Say, 1822)
Eupleura caudata (Say, 1822)
Eupleura caudata is a species of murex sea snail that lives on the Atlantic Coast of North America.
Eupleura sulcidentata Dall, 1890
Eupleura sulcidentata Dall, 1890
Eupleura sulcidentata, the sharp-ribbed drill, is a small carnivorous murex snail found in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
Roperia poulsoni (P.P.Carpenter, 1864)
Roperia poulsoni (P.P.Carpenter, 1864)
Roperia poulsoni is the only species in the Roperia genus, a murex family marine sea snail first named Ocenebra poulsoni.
Forreria belcheri (Hinds, 1844)
Forreria belcheri (Hinds, 1844)
Forreria belcheri is a marine species from the Eastern Pacific with shells 64 to 187 mm long.
Mexacanthina lugubris (G.B.Sowerby I, 1822)
Mexacanthina lugubris (G.B.Sowerby I, 1822)
Mexacanthina lugubris (dark unicorn) is a small species of predatory marine gastropod mollusk in the murex snail family Muricidae.
Trophon geversianus (Pallas, 1774)
Trophon geversianus (Pallas, 1774)
Trophon geversianus is a varied marine snail found in the South Atlantic, feeding on mytilids on intertidal rocks.
Crassilabrum crassilabrum (G.B.Sowerby II, 1834)
Crassilabrum crassilabrum (G.B.Sowerby II, 1834)
Crassilabrum crassilabrum is a species of murex or rock sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in Muricidae.
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