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Dog whelk with eggs on boulder in Sainte-Flavie, Quebec
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) with eggs.
Nieuwpoort-bad, Belgium 9 january 2014 Nucella lapillus with eggs.
Koksijde (Ster der Zee), Belgium 12 september 2015
Picture taken of dogwhelks found on Deming Island, Nova Scotia (45°12'44.81''N, 61°10'26.07''W).
A picture of N. lapillus eggs taken in Chedabucto Bay (45°20'55''N,61° 17'18''W), Nova Scotia, Canada on 25 July 2013.
A dogwhelk, Nucella lapillus (L.1758), feeding on barnacles, Semibalanus balanoides, (L. 1767). Picture taken in Glasgow Head (45°19'12.98''N, 60°57'34.45''W), Nova Scotia, Canada on 16 August 2017.
Empty dogwhelk (Nucella lapillus, L. 1753) eggs
Picture taken at Burntcoat Head (45°18'44.41''N, 63°48'29.45''W), Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada on 10 September 2017.
Find more information about this species at: http://www.rkapeller.eu/species.html?SM_Nucella_lapillus Click here for the database with determination key for European mollusks
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oostende
Distribution for Thais lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oostende
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Zeebrugge
Distribution for Thais lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - De Panne
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - German Bight
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Goote Bank
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oosterschelde
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wimereux
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Purpura lapillus var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1887 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. caerulescens Dautzenberg, 1920 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Purpura lapillus var. castanea Dautzenberg, 1887 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Purpura lapillus var. crassissima Dautzenberg, 1887 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Purpura lapillus var. fauce-violaceo Dautzenberg, 1887 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Purpura lapillus var. lactea Dautzenberg, 1887 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. mixta Dautzenberg, 1920 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. monozonalis Dautzenberg, 1920 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. citrina Dautzenberg, 1920 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Purpura lapillus var. lineolata Dautzenberg, 1887 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Brier Island
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Deadmans Harbour
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Digby
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lorneville Harbour
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Minas Basin
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Navy Island
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - New River
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Saint Croix
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Brandy Cove
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Cobscook Bay
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - St. Lawrence Estuary
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Swedish part of the Skagerrak
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region I (Arctic)
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region II (Greater North Sea)
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region III (Celtic Seas)
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region IV (Bay of Biscay/Golfe de Gascogne & Iberian coasts)
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region V (Wider Atlantic)
Distribution for Purpura lapillus var. ponderosa Verkrüzen, 1881 - Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves
Distribution for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Spain - Demarcación Marina Noratlántica
Distribution for Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Spain - Demarcación Marina Noratlántica