North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 39019)

AphiaID

139975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139975)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Puncturella R. T. Lowe, 1827

Original name

Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771

Synonymised names

Cemoria flemingiana Leach, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cemoria princeps Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771 · unaccepted

Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)

Puncturella flemingii R. T. Lowe, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 551 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Family: Fissurellidae, according to Trott (2004).

Taxonomy Family: Fissurellidae, according to Trott (2004). [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139975 on 2026-07-20

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139975 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-08-13 05:10:04Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 551 [details]

original description (of Cemoria princeps Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 42-43; pl. 4 fig. 9 [details]

original description (of Cemoria flemingiana Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details]

original description (of Puncturella chasteri H. K. Jordan, 1895) Jordan, H. K. (1895). On some new species of British Mollusca, from the "Triton" Expedition, with a list of other species new to the Faroe Channel. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1(6): 264-269, pl. 16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167573 [details]

original description (of Puncturella flemingii R. T. Lowe, 1827) Lowe, R. T. (1827). On Balanus punctatus, Puncturella flemingii, together with some corrections relative to Turbo carneus, and some of the Chiton before described. Zoological Journal. 3: 76-80., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339153
page(s): 76 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.14 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58 [details]