Nucella

This article is about a genus of snails. For the medieval composer who used this name, see Nicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli.
Nucella
Three color varieties of Nucella emarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Nucella
Roding, 1798
Type species
Buccinum filosum Gmelin, 1791
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Polytropa Swainson, 1840
  • Polytropalicus Rovereto, 1899

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.

Species

Species in the genus Nucella include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. 1 2 Nucella Röding, 1798. 2 January 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

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