Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Oniscidea > Family Armadillidiidae > Genus Armadillidium

Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Armadillo Latreille, 1802

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Armadillidium*	Brandt, 1833	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Armadillo vulgare*	Latreille, 1804	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dokri; dosta sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: kuglebænkebider sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gewone oprolpissebed sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: common pill woodlouse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Common Pill Woodlouse

Literature

original description	Latreille, P.A. (1802-1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes : Ouvrage Faisant Suite aux Oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et Partie du Cours Complet d´Histoire Naturelle Rédigé par C.S. Sonnini. 14 vols. F. Dufart, Paris.
basis of record	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (195 publications)
Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
GenBank (23473 nucleotides; 150 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Schotte, M. (2014). Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804). In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2014) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:257832

Dr Geoffrey Boxshall. Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=218143