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Nucella squamosa Scaly Dogwhelk

Nucella squamosa is commonly referred to as Scaly Dogwhelk. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Nucella squamosa, pmb reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
17320 
AphiaID:
225334 
Scientific:
Nucella squamosa 
German:
Schuppige Stachelschnecke 
English:
Scaly Dogwhelk 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Nucella (Genus) > squamosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
Namibia, South-Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 50 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
5,0 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-03-24 19:43:58 

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Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Nucella squamosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. The Dog Whelk lives in the intertidal zone on rocks. Nucella predacious, feeding on barnacles, snails and mussels, but also feeds on carrion.

Synonymised names
Nucella ovalis (Blainville, 1832) · unaccepted
Purpura clathrata Küster, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpura clathrata Blainville, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpura ovalis Blainville, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpura squamosa Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Purpura squamulosa J. E. Gray, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thais sculpturata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thais squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Thais subglobosa W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 24.03.2025.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 24.03.2025.

Pictures

Spawn

Nucella squamosa,batsata maze false bay 2022 (CC-BY-SA)
Nucella squamosa,batsata maze false bay 2021 (CC-BY-SA)
Nucella squamosa,fan reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2022 (CC-BY-SA)
Nucella squamosa, eggs, atlantis reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

Commonly

Nucella squamosa,steenbras Deep 2023 (CC-BY-SA)
Nucella squamosa,smitswinkel bay wrecks, Smitswinkel Bay, Cape Town, South Africa 2025 (CC-BY-SA)
Nucella squamosa, princess elizabeth Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)
Nucella squamosa, pmb reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

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