Purpura septentrionalis

Frilled Dogwinkle

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: W.H. Pease
Locality: California
Region: California
Record type: Preservedspecimen

Nucella lamellosa observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7,686 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-15.

2026-10-15

Forks, WA 98331, USA

(c) Jess, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-12

Port Moody, BC, CA

(c) Joan Septembre, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-10

OR, US

(c) Wild Indigo Forestry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09

Lincoln County, US-OR, US

(c) Ethan Allred, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09

Gordon Point Dr, Saanich, BC, CA

(c) jxmunro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09

Gordon Point Dr, Saanich, BC, CA

(c) jxmunro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Purpura septentrionalis. BPBM 2346. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38362790. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/2346.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 38362790 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026