Nucella freycinetii

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Nucella freycinetii is a small sea snail in the Muricidae family, also known as rock snails. It lives in the ocean near Kamchatka in the Pacific Ocean. The species was first described by Deshayes in 1839. Its binomial name is Nucella freycinetii, and it has several synonyms that were used in the past, such as Purpura freycinetii and Purpura saxicola. Classification (a quick look): Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Mollusca; Class Gastropoda; Subclass Caenogastropoda; Order Neogastropoda; Family Muricidae; Genus Nucella; Species freycinetii.