Nucella heyseana

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Nucella heyseana
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N. heyseana
Binomial name
Nucella heyseana
(Dunker, 1882)
Synonyms [1]

Purpura heyseanaDunker, 1882

Nucella heyseana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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