Nucella

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

Nucella
Three color varieties of Nucella emarginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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  • Nucella (Nucella) Röding, 1798 superseded combination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  • Thais (Nucella) Röding, 1798 superseded combination
  • Thais (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840 superseded combination

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[edit]

(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[edit]

Species in the genus Nucella include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • 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)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nucella Röding, 1798. 2 January 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  • Stewart, R. B. (1927). Gabb's California fossil type gastropods. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 78: 287–447, pls. 20–32.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Marko P. B. 2004. ‘What's larvae got to do with it?' Disparate patterns of post-glacial population structure in two benthic marine gastropods with identical dispersal potential. Molecular Ecology, 13: 597–611
  • Chichvarkhin A.Y. & Chichvarkhina O.V. (2014). Systematics of the western Pacific "giant" dog-whelks referred to Nucella elongata, Nucella heyseana, and Nucella lamellosa (Muricidae, Gastropoda). Mollusks of the eastern Asia and adjacent seas, Abstracts of the conference, Vladivostok, 6-8 October 2014. 11-12

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