WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Nucella ostrina (A. A. Gould, 1852)

AphiaID

404225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404225)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Nucella Röding, 1798

Original name

Purpura ostrina A. A. Gould, 1852

Synonymised names

Purpura ostrina A. A. Gould, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Thais emarginata var. projecta Dall, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Purpura ostrina A. A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston. 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 244, pl. 18, fig. 310a. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Oregon

type locality contained in Oregon [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nucella ostrina (A. A. Gould, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404225 on 2026-09-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-19 15:21:58Z

created

Houart, Roland

2023-09-09 21:31:46Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Thais emarginata var. projecta Dall, 1915) Dall W.H. (1916). Notes on the species of the molluscan subgenus Nucella inhabiting the northwest coast of America and adjacent regions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 49: 557-572, pl. 74-75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692716
page(s): 571 [details]

original description (of Purpura ostrina A. A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston. 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 244, pl. 18, fig. 310a. [details]

basis of record Houart, R. (2024). Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 53, textfigs 11A-B, pls 34K-U, 35A-N [details]

basis of record Marko P.B., Palmer A.R. & Vermeij G.J. (2003) Resurrection of Nucella ostrina (Gould, 1852), lectotype designation for N. emarginata (Deshayes, 1839), and molecular genetic evidence of Pleistocene speciation. The Veliger 46(1): 77-85. [details]