Nucella lapillus
Atlantic dog whelk
(Linnaeus, 1758)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 140403 ↗
Photo: (c) Leonid Rasran, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Leonid Rasran (iNaturalist)
4
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1929
First collected
1929
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive
From the collection
Alive today
8,309 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-10-25
Strawberry Cove, Gloucester, MA, US
(c) gracek_fieldnotes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Halifax, NS, CA
(c) floweringvines, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Harpswell Islands Rd, Harpswell, ME, US
(c) Jodi Levine, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Harpswell Islands Rd, Orrs Island, ME, US
(c) Jodi Levine, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Saltburn-By-The-Sea, England, GB
(c) Alexander Bevan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
8QR5+J3, Torpoint PL10 1JH, UK
(c) caitlyn2204, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Saint Andrews, NB, Canada
(c) flashbulbfish, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Dayton, ME 04005, USA
(c) Joe Ledvina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)