Bullia
Appearance
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Black and white drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Bullia mozambicensis. The scale bar is probably 1 inch. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Bullia Griffith, 1834[1] |
Type species | |
Bullia semiplicata Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Bullia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
- Bullia (Bullia) Gray, 1834
- Bullia (Cereobullia) Melvill & Peile, 1924
Species within the genus Bullia include:
- Bullia aikeni Kilburn, 1978
- Bullia ancillaeformis Smith, 1906
- Bullia annulata (Lamarck, 1816) [3]
- † Bullia bantamensis Oostingh, 1933
- Bullia callosa (W. Wood, 1828) [4]
- Bullia cataphracta Kilburn, 1978
- Bullia ceroplasta Melvill, 1898
- Bullia chitanii Yokoyama, 1926 †
- Bullia crosseana Tapparone-Canefri, 1882 (nomen dubium)
- Bullia cumingiana Dunker, 1852
- Bullia digitalis (Dillwyn, 1817) [5]
- Bullia diluta (Krauss, 1848) [6]
- Bullia elegans Dunker, 1857 (nomen dubium)
- Bullia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822)[7] - synonym: Bullia fusca Craven[8]
- Bullia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910)
- Bullia indusindica Melvill, 1898
- Bullia insignis Turton, 1932 (nomen dubium)
- Bullia jucunda Turton, 1932
- Bullia kurrachensis Angas, 1877
- Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) [9]
- † Bullia litoralis Oostingh, 1933
- Bullia livida Reeve, 1846
- Bullia martinii Gray, 1843 (nomen dubium)
- Bullia mauritiana Gray, 1839
- Bullia melanoides (Deshayes, 1832)
- Bullia mirepicta Bozzetti, 2007[10]
- Bullia mozambicensis Smith, 1878 [11]
- Bullia natalensis (Krauss, 1848).[12]
- Bullia nitida Sowerby, 1895
- Bullia nuttalli Kilburn, 1978
- Bullia osculata Sowerby III, 1900
- Bullia osseum Menke, 1829 (nomen dubium)
- Bullia othaeitensis (Bruguière, 1789)
- Bullia perlucida Bozzetti, 2014
- Bullia perryi Jay, 1855 (nomen dubium)
- Bullia persica Smith, 1878
- † Bullia provecta Beets, 1942
- Bullia pulchella Turton, 1932 (nomen dubium)
- Bullia pura Melvill, 1885 [13]
- Bullia rhodostoma Reeve, 1847 [14]
- Bullia rogersi Smythe & Chatfield, 1981
- Bullia semiplicata Gray, 1833
- Bullia sendersi Kilburn, 1978
- Bullia similis Sowerby, 1897
- Bullia skoogi (Odhner, 1923)
- Bullia smytheae Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1994
- † Bullia sundaica Oostingh, 1939
- Bullia tamsiana Dunker, 1853
- Bullia tenuis Reeve, 1846
- Bullia terebraeformis Dautzenberg[15]
- Bullia townsendi Melvill, 1912
- Bullia tranquebarica (Röding, 1798)
- Bullia trifasciata Smith, 1904
- Bullia truncata Reeve, 1846
- Bullia turrita Gray, 1839
- Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms:
- Bullia belangeri Kiener:[16] synonym of Bullia tranquebarica (Röding, 1798)
- Bullia cinerea Preston, 1906: synonym of Nassarius dorsatus (Röding, 1798)
- Bullia fuscus Gray in Dieffenbach, 1834 is a synonym of Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Bullia miran (Bruguière, 1789) is a synonym of Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789)
- Bullia truncata Reeve, 1846: synonym of Adinus truncatus (Reeve, 1846)
- Bullia valida Dunker, 1852 is a synonym of Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852)
References
- ^ Griffith (1834). In: Griffith & Cuvier, An. Kingdom 12: plate 37.
- ^ a b Bullia Griffith, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.
- ^ Bullia annulata. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia callosa Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia digitalis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia diluta. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia fusca Craven. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia laevissima. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia mirepicta Bozzetti, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia mozambicensis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia natalensis Kr.. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia pura. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia rhodostoma. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia terebraeformis Dautzenberg. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Bullia belangeri Kiener. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
Further reading
- Odhner, N.H. (1923) Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. Meddelanden fran Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Avdelning, 23, 1–39, 1 pl. page(s): 15
- Abbott, R.T. & S.P. Dance (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc:Melbourne, Florida
- Allmon W. D. (1990). "Review of the Bullia group (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) with comments on its evolution, biogeography, and phylogeny". Bulletins of American Paleontology 99(335): 179 pp., 15 pls.
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