Paziella is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail

Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine

Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 gastropod mollusks in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Muricidae

Muricidae

Muricidae, common name murex snails or rock snails, is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails. With approximately 1,600 living species the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda. Additionally, 1,200 fossil species have been recognised...

, the murex

Murex

Murex is a genus of medium to large sized predatory tropical sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, commonly calle "murexes" or "rock snails"...

 snails or rock snails.

Description

The biconic, medium-sized shell has its varices dissected into spines. The aperture

Aperture (mollusc)

The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc....

 is ovoid and smooth inside. The anal sinus is almost closed. The columella is smooth.

This Caribbean genus is closely related to Poirieria

Poirieria

Poirieria is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. - Species :Species within the genus Poirieria include:* Poirieria actinophora...

from the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

Species within the genus Paziella include:

• Paziella atlantis (Clench & Farfante, 1945)
• Paziella galapagana (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1970)
• Paziella hystricina (Dall, 1889)
• Paziella nuttingi
  Paziella nuttingi
  Paziella nuttingi , common name : Nutting's Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Distribution:...
  
  (Dall, 1896)
• Paziella oregonia (Bullis, 1964)
• Paziella pazi
  Paziella pazi
  Paziella pazi , common name : Paz's Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:The adult shell grows to a length of 25 mm to 50 mm.-Distribution:...
  
  (Crosse, 1869)
• Paziella petuchi (Vokes, 1992)
• Paziella poppei (Houart, 1993)
• Paziella primanova (Houart, 1985)
• Paziella tanaoa (Houart & Tröndlé, 2008)
• Paziella vaubanensis (Houart, 1986)