Scheldt species taxon details

Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nucella lapillus eggs
Nucella lapillus eggs

140403  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140403)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Muricoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Muricidae (Family)
  9. Ocenebrinae (Subfamily)
  10. Nucella (Genus)
  11. Nucella lapillus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Consortium Scheldt Species Register at: https://www.scheldemonitor.org/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140403 on 2025-09-12
VLIZ Consortium. Scheldt Species Register. Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.scheldemonitor.be/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140403 on 2025-09-12
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2022-12-31 08:47:27Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 51, textfigs 6B, 10D-H, pls 37L-W, 38A-V, 39A-G [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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
LanguageName 
Dutch purperslak  [details]
English northern dogwinklenorthern dog whelkdogwhelkdog whelkAtlantic dogwinkleAtlantic dog whelk  [details]
BIOTIC 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (259 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) 
To Conchology (Nucella lapillus SPECIAL COLOR) 
To Conchology (Nucella lapillus WHITE) 
To Conchology (Nucella lapillus) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nucella lapillus) 
To GenBank (676 nucleotides; 388 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Malacopics (Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Saline Bay, low tide, live on rocks, collected 2008-07-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To Malacopics (Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, Erquy, on and under rocks at low tide, collected October 1980, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) 
To Malacopics (Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Dinard, collected 1991-00-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To Malacopics (Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Golfe de Morbihan, beached, collected 1995-06-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To Malacopics (Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Zuid-Beveland, Kattendijke, on stones in old oyster-ponds, collected 6th June 1981, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) 
To Malacopics (Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Massachusetts, Essex Co., Swampscott, collected October 1975, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) 
To Malacopics (Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)) 
To Malacopics (Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus,1758) Canada, Nova Scotia, Victoria bay, Annapolis, North of Govn. Wharf) 
To Malacopics (Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus,1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Westkapelle, Zuiderhoofd) 
To Malacopics (Nucella lapillus) 
To Malacopics (Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. caerulescens Dautzenberg,1920 SYNTYPE France, Bretagne, Côtes-d'Armor, Pléneuf-Val-André) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032551) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed