WoRMS taxon details
Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771)
139975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139975)
accepted
Species
Cemoria flemingiana Leach, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cemoria princeps Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771 · unaccepted
Puncturella (Puncturella) noachina (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Puncturella flemingii R. T. Lowe, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sipho striatus T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Puncturella noachina nobilis (A. Adams, 1860) accepted as Puncturella nobilis (A. Adams, 1860) (unaccepted rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 551 [details]
page(s): 551 [details]
Distribution Range: 76°N to 41°N; 95°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Davis Strait, Canada;...
Taxonomy Family: Fissurellidae, according to Trott (2004).
Distribution Range: 76°N to 41°N; 95°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Davis Strait, Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador, New Brunswick; USA: Cobscook Bay, Me. Massachusetts [details]
Taxonomy Family: Fissurellidae, according to Trott (2004).
Taxonomy Family: Fissurellidae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139975 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 551 [details]
original description (of Cemoria princeps Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 42-43; pl. 4 fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Cemoria flemingiana Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details]
original description (of Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895) Jordan, H. K. (1895). On some new species of British Mollusca, from the "Triton" Expedition, with a list of other species new to the Faroe Channel. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1(6): 264-269, pl. 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167573 [details]
original description (of Puncturella flemingii R. T. Lowe, 1827) Lowe, R. T. (1827). On <i>Balanus punctatus</i>, <i>Puncturella flemingii</i>, together with some corrections relative to <i>Turbo carneus</i>, and some of the <i>Chiton</i> before described. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 76-80., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339153
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Sipho striatus T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): iii, pl. 36, figs. 14-16; note: spelled striata on plate caption, corrected to stratus in the errata following Preface; [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 551 [details]
original description (of Cemoria princeps Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 42-43; pl. 4 fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Cemoria flemingiana Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details]
original description (of Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895) Jordan, H. K. (1895). On some new species of British Mollusca, from the "Triton" Expedition, with a list of other species new to the Faroe Channel. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1(6): 264-269, pl. 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167573 [details]
original description (of Puncturella flemingii R. T. Lowe, 1827) Lowe, R. T. (1827). On <i>Balanus punctatus</i>, <i>Puncturella flemingii</i>, together with some corrections relative to <i>Turbo carneus</i>, and some of the <i>Chiton</i> before described. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 76-80., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339153
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Sipho striatus T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): iii, pl. 36, figs. 14-16; note: spelled striata on plate caption, corrected to stratus in the errata following Preface; [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155 [in English]. [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58 [details]
[request]additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 15 mm [details]Distribution Range: 76°N to 41°N; 95°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Davis Strait, Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador, New Brunswick; USA: Cobscook Bay, Me. Massachusetts [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Taxonomy Family: Fissurellidae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | hulisse | [details] |
| Dutch | doorboorde napslak | [details] |
| English | Noah's keyhole limpetdiluvian puncturella | [details] |
| German | Nordische LochschneckeNoahs Schlüssellochschnecke | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | nøkkelhullsnegl | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | nøkkelholsnigel | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Cemoria princeps. Mighels, 1842. Boston Journal of Natural History 4 (1): 42-43 - catalog no. 39019) (from synonym Cemoria princeps Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications)
To Conchology (Puncturella noachina)
To Conchology (Puncturella noachina)
To Conchology (Puncturella noachina)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Puncturella noachina)
To GB Mollusca Types (Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.01209) (from synonym Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771) Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Lookout, North Carol...
To Malacopics (Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771) Netherlands, Friesland, Vlieland, collected 2...
To Malacopics (Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, Sle...
To Malacopics (Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Puncturella noachina (1) 882865)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771)
To PESI (from synonym Cemoria princeps Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Puncturella flemingii R. T. Lowe, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Cemoria flemingiana Leach, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895)
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications)
To Conchology (Puncturella noachina)
To Conchology (Puncturella noachina)
To Conchology (Puncturella noachina)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Puncturella noachina)
To GB Mollusca Types (Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.01209) (from synonym Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771) Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Lookout, North Carol...
To Malacopics (Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771) Netherlands, Friesland, Vlieland, collected 2...
To Malacopics (Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, Sle...
To Malacopics (Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Puncturella noachina (1) 882865)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771)
To PESI (from synonym Cemoria princeps Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Puncturella flemingii R. T. Lowe, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Cemoria flemingiana Leach, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895)
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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