WoRMS name details
Thais lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
151630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151630)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Thais lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151630 on 2026-09-08
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Nomenclature
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(of Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Agersborg, H. P. K. (1929). Factors in the evolution of the prosobranchiate mollusc, <i>Thais lapillus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 43(2): 45-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515093 [details]
additional source Dexter, R. W. D. (1943). Observations on the local movements of <i>Littorina litorea</i> (L.) and <i>Thais lapillus</i> (L.). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(1): 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515458 [details]
additional source Dexter, R. W. D. (1943). Observations on the local movements of <i>Littorina litorea</i> (L.) and <i>Thais lapillus</i> (L.). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(1): 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515458 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | purperslak | [details] |
