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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) and 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) and 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 |
|---|---|
| 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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Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available