MSBIAS taxon details

Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dogwhelk feeding on barnacles
Dogwhelk feeding on barnacles

140403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140403)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140403 on 2026-09-10
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140403 on 2026-09-10
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2022-12-31 08:47:27Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 51, textfigs 6B, 10D-H, pls 37L-W, 38A-V, 39A-G [details] 

additional source Rehder, H. A. (1962). The status of <i>Nucella</i> Roeding. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 75(3): 109-111, pl. 10, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8283033 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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BIOTIC 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032551) 
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