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Nucella lapillus
Taxonomy
Buccinum lapillus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Purpura lapillus by Rigacci (1866), Wood (1879); it was recombined as Thais lapillus by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Nucella lapillus by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Purpura lapillus by Rigacci (1866), Wood (1879); it was recombined as Thais lapillus by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Nucella lapillus by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus p. 739 |
| 1866 | Purpura lapillus Rigacci p. 44 |
| 1879 | Purpura lapillus Wood p. 5 |
| 1962 | Thais lapillus Richards |
| 2008 | Nucella lapillus Hendy et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliocene | Belgium | Thais lapillus (80674) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan (Fukushima) | Nucella lapillus (62295) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Purpura lapillus (84819) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Nucella lapillus (97963 97964 97965 97966 97967 97968 97969 98038 98039) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Purpura lapillus (84760 84833 84834) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Morocco | Purpura lapillus (127581) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain | Nucella lapillus (128384) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Ireland | Nucella lapillus (178118) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Thais lapillus (61270) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Nucella lapillus (96706 128385) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Nucella lapillus (98196 98201 98205) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maine) | Thais lapillus (66354) |