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Nucella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Muricidae

Scientific name
  
Nucella

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Ocenebrinae

Higher classification
  
Muricidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Dog whelk, Gastropods, Molluscs, Muricidae, Nucella lamellosa

Nucella lamellosa


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.

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Nucella European Marine Life Photo of Nucella lapillus Mollusc biology

Species

Species in the genus Nucella include:

Nucella Dogwhelks Nucella lapillus MarineBioorg

  • Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832) - channeled dogwinkle
  • Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848)
  • Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839) - emarginate dogwinkle
  • Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839)
  • Nucella fuscata (Forbes, 1850)
  • Nucella heyseana (Dunker, 1882)
  • Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791) - frilled dogwinkle
  • Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Atlantic dogwinkle, dog whelk
  • Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791) - file dogwinkle
  • Nucella ostrina (Gould, 1852)
  • Nucella rolani (Bogi & Nofroni, 1984)
  • Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Nucella wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)
    • Species brought into synonymy 
    Nucella Nucella lapillus lapillus

  • Nucella acuminata Carcelles, 1954 accepted as Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Nucella castanea (Küster, 1886): synonym of Orania castanea (Küster, 1886)
  • Nucella cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771): synonym of Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Nucella elongata Golikov & Kussakin, 1962: synonym of Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839)
  • Nucella heyseana var. elongata Golikov & Kussakin, 1962: synonym of Nucella heyseana (Dunker, 1882)
  • Nucella lindaniae Lorenz, 1991: synonym of Nucella wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)
  • Nucella pyramidalis (Turton, 1932): synonym of Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848)
  • Nucella theobroma Roding, 1798: synonym of Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    • Nucella Nucella lapillus lapillus

    Nucella Shells Collection

    References

    Nucella Wikipedia
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