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(Say, 1826)
Phrontis alba
Variable Dog Whelk
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Nassariidae
ANSP
Shell Information
Length (mm): 13
Chirality:
Dextral
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
North Carolina to the Caribbean Sea
Depth (m):
Diet:
Scavenger
Habitat:
Shallow water
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Phrontis alba (Say, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877063 on 2021-06-23
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
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