WoRMS taxon details
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
140403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140403)
accepted
Species
Buccinum filosum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nassa ligata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nassa rudis Roding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nucella (Polytropa) lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nucella theobroma Roding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polytropa lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Purpura bizonalis Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpura buccinoidea Blainville, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura celtica Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura imbricata Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpura lapillina Locard, 1886 · unaccepted
Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Purpura lapillus var. anomala Middendorff, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. bizonalis Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. caerulescens Dautzenberg, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. castanea Dautzenberg, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid; not Küster, 1859 )
Purpura lapillus var. citrina Dautzenberg, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. crassissima Dautzenberg, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. fauce-violaceo Dautzenberg, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. fusco-apicata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1925 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. imbricata Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (variety)
Purpura lapillus var. lactea Dautzenberg, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. major Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. minor Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid; not Küster, 1860)
Purpura lapillus var. mixta Dautzenberg, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. monozonalis Dautzenberg, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lapillus var. ponderosa Verkrüzen, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura lineolata Dautzenberg, 1887 · unaccepted (synonyms)
Thais (Polytropa) lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thais lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Distribution Range: 60.72°N to 40.8°N; 72.8°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador,...
Distribution Range: 60.72°N to 40.8°N; 72.8°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140403 on 2023-09-25
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original description
(of Purpura lapillus var. major Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 4: 277 [details]
original description (of Purpura lapillus var. minor Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 4: 277 [details]
original description (of Purpura lineolata Dautzenberg, 1887) Dautzenberg, P. (1887). Une excursion malacologique à Saint-Lunaire (Ille-et-Vilaine) et aux environs de cette localité. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'études scientifiques de Paris.</em> 9(2): 96-122 [reprint 1-27]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60785491 [details]
original description (of Purpura buccinoidea Blainville, 1829) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in] <i>Faune Française</i>. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl. [livr. 18 (29 Nov. 1828), p. 1-80; livr. 20 (7 March 1829), p. 81-170; livr. 23 (1 Aug. 1829), p. 171-240; livr. 28 (3 July 1830), p. 241-320]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78700
page(s): 148-149; pl. 6 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Purpura imbricata Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 244-245, 577 [details]
original description (of Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 39 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Nassa ligata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Nassa rudis Roding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Nucella theobroma Roding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Purpura bizonalis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Buccinum filosum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3486 [details]
original description (of Purpura celtica Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 147, 556 [details]
original description (of Purpura lapillina Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 146, footnote [details]
context source (HKRMS) Tong, L. K. Y. (1986). The feeding ecology of Thais clavigera and Morula musiva (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Hong Kong. In Asian Marine Biology 3 (ed. Morton, B.), PP163-178. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Rehder, H. A. (1962). The status of <i>Nucella</i> Roeding. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 75(3): 109-111, pl. 10, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8283033 [details]
page(s): 4: 277 [details]
original description (of Purpura lapillus var. minor Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 4: 277 [details]
original description (of Purpura lineolata Dautzenberg, 1887) Dautzenberg, P. (1887). Une excursion malacologique à Saint-Lunaire (Ille-et-Vilaine) et aux environs de cette localité. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'études scientifiques de Paris.</em> 9(2): 96-122 [reprint 1-27]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60785491 [details]
original description (of Purpura buccinoidea Blainville, 1829) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in] <i>Faune Française</i>. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl. [livr. 18 (29 Nov. 1828), p. 1-80; livr. 20 (7 March 1829), p. 81-170; livr. 23 (1 Aug. 1829), p. 171-240; livr. 28 (3 July 1830), p. 241-320]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78700
page(s): 148-149; pl. 6 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Purpura imbricata Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 244-245, 577 [details]
original description (of Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 39 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Nassa ligata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Nassa rudis Roding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Nucella theobroma Roding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Purpura bizonalis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Buccinum filosum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3486 [details]
original description (of Purpura celtica Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 147, 556 [details]
original description (of Purpura lapillina Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 146, footnote [details]
context source (HKRMS) Tong, L. K. Y. (1986). The feeding ecology of Thais clavigera and Morula musiva (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Hong Kong. In Asian Marine Biology 3 (ed. Morton, B.), PP163-178. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Rehder, H. A. (1962). The status of <i>Nucella</i> Roeding. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 75(3): 109-111, pl. 10, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8283033 [details]





From other sources
Dimensions maximum size of 25 to 50 mm [details]Distribution Range: 60.72°N to 40.8°N; 72.8°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York [details]
Language | Name | |
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Danish | purpursnegl | [details] |
Dutch | purperslak | [details] |
English | northern dogwinklenorthern dog whelkdogwhelkdog whelkAtlantic dogwinkleAtlantic dog whelk | [details] |
French | pourpre petit pierrepourpre de l'Atlantiquepourprepilaubigorneau blanc | [details] |
German | SteinschneckeSteinchenNördliche Purpurschneckenordische Steinchenschneckenordische Purpurschnecke | [details] |
Norwegian | purpursnegl | [details] |
Norwegian Bokmål | purpursnegl | [details] |
Norwegian Nynorsk | purpursnigel | [details] |
Russian | моллюски-багрянки | [details] |
Swedish | purpursnäcka | [details] |
BIOTIC
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (259 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Thais lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Purpura imbricata Lamarck, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (927 publications) (from synonym Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Nucella lapillus SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Nucella lapillus WHITE)
To Conchology (Nucella lapillus)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (676 nucleotides; 388 proteins)
To GenBank (676 nucleotides; 388 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Nucella lapillus (LINNAEUS, 1758); Figuré; F.R53959)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura buccinoidea Blainville, 1829)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Nassa ligata Röding, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Nassa rudis Roding, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Nucella theobroma Roding, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura bizonalis Lamarck, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura celtica Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura lapillina Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura imbricata Lamarck, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum filosum Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Thais lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032551)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (259 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Thais lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Purpura imbricata Lamarck, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (927 publications) (from synonym Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Nucella lapillus SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Nucella lapillus WHITE)
To Conchology (Nucella lapillus)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (676 nucleotides; 388 proteins)
To GenBank (676 nucleotides; 388 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Nucella lapillus (LINNAEUS, 1758); Figuré; F.R53959)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura buccinoidea Blainville, 1829)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Nassa ligata Röding, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Nassa rudis Roding, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Nucella theobroma Roding, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura bizonalis Lamarck, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura celtica Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura lapillina Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura imbricata Lamarck, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum filosum Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Thais lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032551)
To ITIS
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