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Family Muricidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Nucella emarginata

Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 4 feet

 

EMARGINATE DOG-WINKLE

Common on rocky reefs in shallow water.  Attains 1.5 inches.  Alaska to Baja California.  Formerly known as Thais emarginata.