Nucella

This article is about a genus of snails. For the medieval composer who used this name, see Nicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli.

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.

Nucella
Three color varieties of Nucella emarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	Nucella Roding, 1798
Type species
Buccinum filosum Gmelin, 1791
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Nucella (Nucella) Röding, 1798 superseded combination Nucella (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840 junior subjective synonym Polytropa Swainson, 1840 Polytropalicus Rovereto, 1899 Purpura (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840 Thais (Nucella) Röding, 1798 superseded combination Thais (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840 superseded combination

Description

(Described as Polytropa) 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. ^[2]

Species

Species in the genus Nucella include:^[1]

• Nucella angustior Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019
• † Nucella bermejensis Lozano-Francisco & Vera-Peláez, 2006
• Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832) - channeled dogwinkle
• Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848) - common dogwhelk
• Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839) - emarginate dogwinkle
• Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839)
• 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) - striped dogwinkle
• Nucella rolani (Bogi & Nofroni, 1984)
• Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) - scaly dogwhelk
• Nucella wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

Species brought into synonymy

• Nucella acuminata Carcelles, 1954 accepted as Acanthina unicornis (Bruguière, 1789)
• Nucella analoga (Forbes, 1852): synonym of Nucella canaliculata Duclos, 1832
• 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 fuscata (Forbes, 1850): synonym of Nucella emarginata (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)