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Family Muricidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Nucella lamellosa

Juvenile, Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 4 feet

FRILLED DOG-WINKLE

Common on rocky reefs.  Attains 4 inches.  Alaska to Central California.  Formerly known as Thais lamellosa.