Nucella
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Nucella, common name
dog whelks or dog winkles, is a genus
of small to medium-sized predatory sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae
which is part of the large family Muricidae
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species brought into synonymy :
Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
dog whelks or dog winkles, is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small to medium-sized predatory sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae
Ocenebrinae
Ocenebrinae is a taxonomic subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This subfamily is within the large family Muricidae, which are commonly known as the murex and rock snails....
which is part of the large family Muricidae
Muricidae
Muricidae, common name murex snails or rock snails, is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails. With approximately 1,600 living species the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda. Additionally, 1,200 fossil species have been recognised...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species in the genus Nucella include:- Nucella canaliculataNucella canaliculataNucella canaliculata, common name : the Channelled Dog Winkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Distribution:...
(Duclos, 1832) - channeled dogwinkle - Nucella dubiaNucella dubiaNucella dubia, common name the common dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Krauss, 1848) - Nucella emarginataNucella emarginataNucella emarginata, common name : the Emarginate Dog Winkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-External links:*...
(Deshayes, 1839) - emarginate dogwinkle - Nucella freycinetiiNucella freycinetiiNucella freycinetii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Deshayes, 1839) - Nucella fuscataNucella fuscataNucella fuscata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Forbes, 1850) - Nucella heyseanaNucella heyseanaNucella heyseana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dunker, 1882) - Nucella lamellosaNucella lamellosaNucella lamellosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Gmelin, 1791) - frilled dogwinkle - Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Atlantic dogwinkle, dog whelkDog WhelkThe dog whelk, dogwhelk, or Atlantic dogwinkle, scientific name Nucella lapillus, is a species of predatory sea snail, a carnivorous marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails....
- Nucella limaNucella limaNucella lima, common name : the File Dog Winkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:The shell size varies between 19 mm and 51 mm-Distribution:...
(Gmelin, 1791) - file dogwinkle - Nucella ostrinaNucella ostrinaNucella ostrina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Gould, 1852) - Nucella pyramidalisNucella pyramidalisNucella pyramidalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Turton, 1932) - Nucella rolaniNucella rolaniNucella rolani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Portugal and Northwest Spain.-External links:*...
(Bogi & Nofroni, 1984) - Nucella squamosaNucella squamosaNucella squamosa, common name the scaly dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Lamarck, 1816) - Nucella wahlbergiNucella wahlbergiNucella wahlbergi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Krauss, 1848)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Nucella acuminata Carcelles, 1954 accepted as Acanthina unicornisAcanthina unicornisAcanthina unicornis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Bruguière, 1789) - Nucella cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771) : synonym of Trochia cingulataTrochia cingulataTrochia cingulata, common name : the girdled dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm...
(Linnaeus, 1771) - Nucella elongata Golikov & Kussakin, 1962 accepted as Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839)
- Nucella lindaniae Lorenz, 1991 accepted as Nucella wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)
- Nucella theobroma Roding, 1798 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)