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Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848) 
AphiaID: 225333

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Ocenebrinae (Subfamily) > Nucella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Nucella Röding, 1798
Synonymised
taxa		  Cominella acutispira G. B. Sowerby III, 1921 (synonym)
 Nucella pyramidalis (Turton, 1932)
 Purpura dubia Krauss, 1848 (original combination)
 Purpura zeyheri Krauss, 1852 (synonym)
 Thais pyramidalis Turton, 1932
 Thais rufanensis Turton, 1932 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

from synonym: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details] [view taxon]

identification resource: Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English common dogwhelk  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Namibia [details]
South Coast of South Africa [details]
West Coast of South Africa [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]
Image 
Nucella dubia
Nucella dubia
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225333
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-03-21 08:10:26Z  created  Wambiji, Nina
2009-06-17 16:05:53Z  changed  Houart, Roland
  
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  Citation: Houart, R. (2013). Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225333 on 2013-05-25
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