Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > 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 filosum Gmelin, 1791 synonym
Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Nassa ligata Röding, 1798 synonym
Nassa rudis Roding, 1798 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
Purpura lapillus var. major Jeffreys, 1867 synonym
Purpura lapillus var. minor Jeffreys, 1867 synonym; nom. inval.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: purpursnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: purperslak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: Atlantic dog whelk; Atlantic dogwinkle; dog whelk; dogwhelk; northern dog whelk; northern dogwinkle sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;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.
 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; Nördliche Purpurschnecke; Steinchen; Steinschnecke 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.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Norwegian: purpursnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: purpursnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: 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

basis of record

Houart, R. (2024). Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.

additional source

Rehder, H. A. (1962). The status of Nucella Roeding. The Nautilus. 75(3): 109-111, pl. 10, figs. 1-4.

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External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) 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, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2007This 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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