Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Ocenebrinae > Genus Nucella

Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

NucellaRöding, 1798accepted genus name

Species group names

Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758 basionym
Buccinum filosum Gmelin, 1791 synonym
Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Nassa ligata Röding, 1798 synonym
Nassa rudis Roding, 1798 synonym
Nucella lapillus var. major Jeffreys, 1867 synonym
Nucella lapillus var. minor Jeffreys, 1867 synonym
Nucella theobroma Roding, 1798 synonym
Purpura bizonalis Lamarck, 1822 synonym
Purpura buccinoidea Blainville, 1829 synonym
Purpura celtica Locard, 1886 synonym
Purpura imbricata Lamarck, 1822 synonym
Purpura lapillina Locard, 1886 synonym
Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): purpursnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: purpursnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: Atlantic dogwinkle; dog whelk; dogwhelk sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.
 English-United States: Dog Whelk sources: Charles Hussey
 French: bigorneau blanc; pilau; pourpre; pourpre de l'Atlantique; pourpre petit pierre sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Chabot, R. & Rossignol, A. 2003. Algues et faune du littoral du Saint-Laurent maritime: Guide d'identification. Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Rimouski; Pêches et Océans Canada (Institut Maurice-Lamontagne), Mont-Joli. 113 pages.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.
 German: nordische Purpurschnecke; nordische Steinchenschnecke sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.
 Norwegian: purpursnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: purpursnegl sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10:
 Norwegian Nynorsk: purpursnigel sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10:
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): purpursnigel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: моллюски-багрянки sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: purpursnäcka

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

additional source

Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.

additional source

Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

additional source

Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p.

additional source

Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.

additional source

Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p.

additional source

Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.

additional source

Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]

additional source

ITIS database

additional source

Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

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Taxon found in 107 publications.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (604 nucleotides; 329 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (215 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140403

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2006This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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