WoRMS name details
Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
396805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:396805)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. anomala Middendorff, 1849 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. bizonalis Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. castanea Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, invalid; not Küster, 1859 )
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. crassissima Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. fauce-violaceo Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. fusco-apicata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1925 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. imbricata Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (variety)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. lactea Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. lineolata Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. major Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. minor Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, invalid; not Küster, 1860)
- Variety Purpura lapillus var. ponderosa Verkrüzen, 1881 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
marine, brackish, 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. [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 lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396805 on 2025-04-02
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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. [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 Adams, C. B. (1839). Observations on some species of the marine shells of Massachusetts, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2: 262-288, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266920
page(s): 268-269 [details]
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Adams, C. B. (1839). Observations on some species of the marine shells of Massachusetts, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2: 262-288, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266920
page(s): 268-269 [details]
Other
additional source
Anonymous. (1927). <i>Purpura lapillus</i> and <i>imbricata</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 40(3): 101-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523236 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
