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Nucella

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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. [1]

30 relations: Acanthina unicornis, Animal, Caenogastropoda, Carl Linnaeus, Common name, Dog whelk, Gastropoda, Genus, Hypsogastropoda, Mollusca, Muricidae, Muricoidea, Neogastropoda, Nucella canaliculata, Nucella dubia, Nucella emarginata, Nucella freycinetii, Nucella fuscata, Nucella heyseana, Nucella lamellosa, Nucella lima, Nucella ostrina, Nucella rolani, Nucella squamosa, Nucella wahlbergi, Ocean, Ocenebrinae, Predation, Sea snail, Trochia cingulata.

Acanthina unicornis

Acanthina unicornis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Caenogastropoda

Caenogastropoda (from Ancient Greek caeno- meaning "recent") is a taxonomic clade, a large diverse group which are mostly sea snails and other marine gastropod mollusks, but also includes some freshwater snails and some land snails.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, trivial name, trivial epithet, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; this kind of name is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is Latinized.

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Dog whelk

The dog whelk, dogwhelk, or Atlantic dogwinkle, scientific name Nucella lapillus, is a species of predatory sea snail, a carnivorous marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.

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Gastropoda

The gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca, called Gastropoda.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Hypsogastropoda

Hypsogastropoda is a clade containing marine gastropods within the clade Caenogastropoda.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.

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Muricidae

Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails.

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Muricoidea

Muricoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.

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Neogastropoda

Neogastropoda is a clade of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.

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Nucella canaliculata

Nucella canaliculata, common name: the channelled dog winkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella dubia

Nucella dubia, common name the common dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella emarginata

Nucella emarginata, common name the emarginate dog winkle, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella freycinetii

Nucella freycinetii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella fuscata

Nucella fuscata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella heyseana

Nucella heyseana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella lamellosa

Nucella lamellosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella lima

Nucella lima, common name: the File Dog Winkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella ostrina

Nucella ostrina, the northern striped dogwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella rolani

Nucella rolani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella squamosa

Nucella squamosa, common name the scaly dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Nucella wahlbergi

Nucella wahlbergi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Ocean

An ocean (the sea of classical antiquity) is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere.

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Ocenebrinae

Ocenebrinae is a taxonomic subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).

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Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in saltwater, in other words marine gastropods.

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Trochia cingulata

Trochia cingulata, common name: the girdled dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucella

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