WoRMS taxon details
Nucella ostrina (A. Gould, 1852)
404225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404225)
accepted
Species
Purpura ostrina A. Gould, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thais emarginata var. projecta Dall, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Purpura ostrina A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 244, pl. 18, fig. 310a. [details]
page(s): 244, pl. 18, fig. 310a. [details]
Type locality contained in Oregon
type locality contained in Oregon [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucella ostrina (A. Gould, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404225 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Purpura ostrina A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 244, pl. 18, fig. 310a. [details]
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. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 49: 557-572, pl. 74-75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692716
page(s): 571 [details]
basis of record Marko P.B., Palmer A.R. & Vermeij G.J. (2003) Resurrection of <i>Nucella ostrina</i> (Gould, 1852), lectotype designation for <i>N. emarginata</i> (Deshayes, 1839), and molecular genetic evidence of Pleistocene speciation. <i>The Veliger</i> 46(1): 77-85. [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 53, textfigs 11A-B, pls 34K-U, 35A-N [details]
page(s): 244, pl. 18, fig. 310a. [details]
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. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 49: 557-572, pl. 74-75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692716
page(s): 571 [details]
basis of record Marko P.B., Palmer A.R. & Vermeij G.J. (2003) Resurrection of <i>Nucella ostrina</i> (Gould, 1852), lectotype designation for <i>N. emarginata</i> (Deshayes, 1839), and molecular genetic evidence of Pleistocene speciation. <i>The Veliger</i> 46(1): 77-85. [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 53, textfigs 11A-B, pls 34K-U, 35A-N [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (389 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Conchology (Nucella ostrina SPIRAL LINES)
To Conchology (Nucella ostrina)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nucella ostrina)
To GenBank (413 nucleotides; 371 proteins)
To GenBank (413 nucleotides; 371 proteins) (from synonym Purpura ostrina A. Gould, 1852)
To Malacopics (Nucella ostrina (Gould, 1852) United States, Alaska, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Ket...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Conchology (Nucella ostrina SPIRAL LINES)
To Conchology (Nucella ostrina)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nucella ostrina)
To GenBank (413 nucleotides; 371 proteins)
To GenBank (413 nucleotides; 371 proteins) (from synonym Purpura ostrina A. Gould, 1852)
To Malacopics (Nucella ostrina (Gould, 1852) United States, Alaska, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Ket...
