ERMS name details
Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
396805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:396805)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- 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)
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
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=396805 on 2025-05-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396805 on 2025-05-01
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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
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]
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]
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors
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]
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]
