---
title: "Purperslak"
description: "Nucella lapillus — Andere dieren. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/atlantic-dogwhelk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purperslak

> Nucella lapillus — Andere dieren. 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.

- Scientific name: *Nucella lapillus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 10247
- Wikidata: [Q1720317](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1720317)
- iNaturalist taxon: [203761](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/203761)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Dogwhelk
- de: Nordische Purpurschnecke
- fr: Pourpre petite pierre
- nl: Purperslak

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3478), US (2011), CA (1593), FR (1151), IE (376), PT (213), NO (199), IS (193), ES (171), JE (52), DK (43), BE (35)

## Summary

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).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whelk

## Photo

![Purperslak](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-dogwhelk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allison · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237379641

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-dogwhelk?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).