Description: The dog whelk is a common species on rocky shores in Ireland and the UK.

Habitat: On rocky shores beneath boulders and in tidal rapids.

Ecology: Feeds on barnacles and is usually present in places with plenty of barnacles.

Distribution Map from NBN: Nucella lapillus at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Nucella lapillus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Nucella lapillus at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). AphiaID: 140403.

Classification: Biota; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda; Neogastropoda; Muricoidea; Muricidae; Ocenebrinae; Nucella