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Parent Taxon

• Muricidae

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthina
• Acanthinucella
• Austrotrophon
• Ceratostoma
• Chorus
• Crassilabrum
• Eupleura
• Forreria
• Genkaimurex
• Gracilipurpura
• Mexacanthina
• Nucella
• Ocenebra
• Ocinebrellus
• Ocinebrina
• Paciocinebrina
• Poropteron
• Pteropurpura
• Roperia
• Trochia
• Urosalpinx
• Vaughtia
• Vokesinotus
• Xanthochorus

Child Taxa

• Nucella analoga
• Nucella angustior
• Nucella canaliculata
• Nucella dubia
• Nucella emarginata
• Nucella freycinetii
• Nucella heyseana
• Nucella lamellosa
• Nucella lapillus
• Nucella lima
• Nucella ostrina
• Nucella rolani
• Nucella squamosa
• Nucella wahlbergi

Top Observation Places

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• Burien
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• Daly City
• Chinatown
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• Victoria