Dolabella is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.

In the sea hares of the genus Dolabella the back end of the body has turned into a slanted disc-like shield, with a large, calcified shell buried inside.

The color is variable, with specks of green and brown.

There are fossil records of † Dolabella aldrichi from the Early Miocene, found in the Chipola Formation in Florida [1] Species within the genus Dolabella include: