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Nucella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Thais (Nucella) Grant, IV and Gale
1970Thais (Nucella) Addicott p. 83
1986Nucella Kensley and Pether p. 170
2001Nucella Oliverio and Mariottini
2002Nucella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNucella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Acanthinucella emersoni Hertlein and Allison 1959
Acanthinucella punctulata Sowerby I 1835 [spotted unicorn]
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Invalid names: Acanthina lapilloides Conrad 1837 [synonym]
Acanthinucella spirata Blainville 1832 [angular unicorn]
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Invalid names: Monoceras engonatum Conrad 1837 [synonym]
Nucella canaliculata Duclos 1832 [channeled dogwinkle]
Nucella etchegoinensis Arnold 1909
Nucella incrassata Sowerby 1825
Nucella lamellosa Gmelin 1791 [frilled dogwinkle]
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Invalid names: Buccinum crispatum Chemnitz 1795 [synonym], Thais (Nucella) shumanensis Carson 1926 [synonym]
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758
Nucella praecingulata Haughton 1932
Thais (Nucella) elsmerensis Grant, IV and Gale 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available