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Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
1618473 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1618473)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. caerulescens Dautzenberg, 1920 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. citrina Dautzenberg, 1920 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. freycinetii Deshayes, 1839 accepted as Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. mixta Dautzenberg, 1920 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. monozonalis Dautzenberg, 1920 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus var. saxicola Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758) 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
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1618473 on 2025-09-11
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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. [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 [request]
basis of record Tryon, G. W. (1880). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 2: Muricinae, Purpurinae. pp 1-289, pls 1-70. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls 2-4, 6-8, Jan. 2, 1880; pp. 65-128, pls 1, 5, 9-29, Mar. 31, 1880; pp. 129-192, pls 30-59, Jul. 6, 1880; pp. 193-289, pls 60-70, Oct. 25, 1880]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11041516
page(s): 171-174, pl. 52, figs. 131, 135, 137-144, 146, 147 [details]
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Tryon, G. W. (1880). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 2: Muricinae, Purpurinae. pp 1-289, pls 1-70. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls 2-4, 6-8, Jan. 2, 1880; pp. 65-128, pls 1, 5, 9-29, Mar. 31, 1880; pp. 129-192, pls 30-59, Jul. 6, 1880; pp. 193-289, pls 60-70, Oct. 25, 1880]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11041516
page(s): 171-174, pl. 52, figs. 131, 135, 137-144, 146, 147 [details]
