Nucella
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
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.Species
Species in the genus Nucella include:Nucella angustior Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019- † Nucella bermejensis Lozano-Francisco & Vera-Peláez, 2006 Nucella canaliculata - channeled dogwinkle
- Nucella dubia - common dogwhelkNucella emarginata - emarginate dogwinkle
- Nucella freycinetii
- Nucella heyseana Nucella lamellosa - frilled dogwinkleNucella lapillus - Atlantic dogwinkle, dog whelkNucella lima - file dogwinkle
- Nucella ostrina - striped dogwinkle
- Nucella rolani
- Nucella squamosa - scaly dogwhelkNucella wahlbergi
- Nucella acuminata Carcelles, 1954 accepted as Acanthina unicornis
- Nucella analoga : synonym of Nucella canaliculata Duclos, 1832Nucella castanea : synonym of Orania castanea
- Nucella cingulata : synonym of Trochia cingulata Nucella elongata Golikov & Kussakin, 1962: synonym of Nucella freycinetii Nucella fuscata : synonym of Nucella emarginata Nucella heyseana var. elongata Golikov & Kussakin, 1962: synonym of Nucella heyseana Nucella lindaniae Lorenz, 1991: synonym of Nucella wahlbergi Nucella pyramidalis : synonym of Nucella dubia Nucella theobroma Roding, 1798: synonym of ''Nucella lapillus''