Nucella

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Nucella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Nucella
Roding, 1798
Species

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

Please also see: Nucella lapillus

[edit] Species

  • Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832) - channeled dogwinkle
  • Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839) - emarginate dogwinkle
  • Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791) - frilled dogwinkle
  • Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Atlantic dogwinkle, dog whelk
  • Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791) - file dogwinkle

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