Nucella
Three color varieties of Nucella emarginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Nucella
Roding, 1798
Type species
Buccinum filosum
Gmelin, 1791
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Nucella (Nucella) Röding, 1798 superseded combination
  • Nucella (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840 junior subjective synonym
  • Polytropa Swainson, 1840
  • Polytropalicus Rovereto, 1899
  • Purpura (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840
  • Thais (Nucella) Röding, 1798 superseded combination
  • Thais (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840 superseded combination

Nucella, common name dog whelks or dog winkles, is a genus of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae which is part of the large family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

(Described as Polytropa) The spire is acuminate. The whorls are foliated or tuberculose. The inner lip is flattened. The siphonal canal is small and oblique. The aperture is narrowed at the forepart. [2]

Species

Species in the genus Nucella include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ a b Nucella Röding, 1798. 2 January 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

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