MolluscaBase taxon details
Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791)
404384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404384)
accepted
Species
Murex lima Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nucella (Nucella) lima (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Purpura (Polytropa) lima (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Purpura attenuata Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpura lima (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thais (Nucella) lima (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thais lima (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Nucella lima freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839) accepted as Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex lima Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3541 [details]
page(s): 3541 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404384 on 2025-07-16
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original description
(of Purpura attenuata Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Purpura</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, Vol. 3. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls. 1-13 and unpaginated text [pls. 2, 3, Jul. 1846; 4-8, Aug. 1846; 9-12, Sept. 1846; 1, 13, Oct. 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118701 [details]
original description (of Murex lima Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3541 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 52, textfig. 16, pl. 29E-J [details]
original description (of Murex lima Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3541 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 52, textfig. 16, pl. 29E-J [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Nucella lima)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nucella lima)
To GenBank (108 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To GenBank (108 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Murex lima Gmelin, 1791)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791) United States, Alaska, Landforms of Petersburg Borough, ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Nucella lima)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nucella lima)
To GenBank (108 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To GenBank (108 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Murex lima Gmelin, 1791)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791) United States, Alaska, Landforms of Petersburg Borough, ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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