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.Species
Species in the genus Nucella include:
; Species brought into synonymy :
- Nucella acuminata Carcelles, 1954 accepted as Acanthina unicornis
- Nucella castanea : synonym of Orania castanea
- Nucella cingulata : synonym of Trochia cingulata
- Nucella elongata Golikov & Kussakin, 1962: synonym of Nucella freycinetii
- 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
