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Dog whelk
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<p>The dog whelk, dogwhelk, or Atlantic dogwinkle (<i>Nucella lapillus</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> of <a href="/facts/Predatory/JEGdrX3f">predatory</a> <a href="/facts/Sea_snail/p6GReFBF">sea snail</a>, a <a href="/facts/Carnivorous/q6h6aSqe">carnivorous</a> marine <a href="/facts/Gastropod/rYPqm3PT">gastropod</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Muricidae/BzdwP51x">Muricidae</a>, the rock snails. </p><p><i>Nucella lapillus</i> was originally described by <a href="/facts/Carl_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Carl Linnaeus</a> in his landmark 1758 <a href="/facts/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/8H6KJrLJ">10th edition of <i>Systema Naturae</i></a> as <i>Buccinum lapillus</i> (the <a href="/facts/Basionym/wybFdcTN">basionym</a>). </p>