The dog whelk, dogwhelk, or Atlantic dogwinkle, scientific name Nucella lapillus, is a species of predatory sea snail, a carnivorous marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
Nucella lapillus was originally described by Linnaeus in 1758 as Buccinum lapillus ( the basionym).
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