Dog whelk

Dog whelk
A group of live Nucella lapillus on the barnacles which they eat.
Nucella lapillus shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Nucella
Species:
N. lapillus
Binomial name
Nucella lapillus
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum filosa Gmelin, 1791
Buccinum lapillus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
Nassa ligata Röding, 1798
Nassa rudis Roding, 1798
Nucella theobroma Roding, 1798
Purpura buccinoidea Blainville, 1829
Purpura imbricata Lamarck, 1822
Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Purpura lapillus var. anomala Middendorff, 1849
Purpura lapillus var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1887
Purpura lapillus var. bizonalis Lamarck, 1822
Purpura lapillus var. caerulescens Dautzenberg, 1920
Purpura lapillus var. castanea Dautzenberg, 1887
Purpura lapillus var. celtica Locard, 1886
Purpura lapillus var. citrina Dautzenberg, 1920
Purpura lapillus var. crassissima Dautzenberg, 1887
Purpura lapillus var. fauce-violaceo Dautzenberg, 1887
Purpura lapillus var. fusco-apicata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1925
Purpura lapillus var. lactea Dautzenberg, 1887
Purpura lapillus var. major Jeffreys, 1867
Purpura lapillus var. minor Jeffreys, 1867
Purpura lapillus var. mixta Dautzenberg, 1920
Purpura lapillus var. monozonalis Dautzenberg, 1920
Purpura lapillus var. ponderosa Verkrüzen, 1881
Purpura lineolata Dautzenberg, 1887
Thais lapillus Linnaeus, 1758

The dog whelk, dogwhelk, or Atlantic dogwinkle (Nucella lapillus) is a species of predatory sea snail, a carnivorous marine gastropod in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.

Nucella lapillus was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Buccinum lapillus (the basionym).

"Dog whelk" can also refer to the Nassariidae.

  1. ^ Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 June 2010.