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Bullia

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Bullia
Black and white drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Bullia mozambicensis. The scale bar is probably 1 inch.
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Synonyms[2]
  • Adinopsis Odhner, 1923 (preoccupied by Adinopsis Cameron 1918 (Coleoptera))
  • Adinus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Buccinum (Bullia)
  • Bullia (Adinus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Bullia (Bullia) Gray, 1833
  • Bullia (Cereobullia) Melvill & Peile, 1924
  • Bullia (Leiodomus) Swainson, 1840
  • Bullia (Pseudostrombus) Mörch, 1852
  • Bulliana Gray, 1842
  • Dorsanum (Adinus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Dorsanum (Fluviodorsum) Boettger, 1885
  • Leiodomus Swainson, 1840
  • Pseudostrombus Moerch, 1852

Bullia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Description

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The animal is without eyes. The tentacles are long and slender. The foot is greatly expanded, and bifid behind.

The shell is ovate or turreted. The spire is more or less acuminated, the sutures enamelled. The inner lip is excavated in the middle, callous posteriorly. The aperture is oval and moderate.[3]

Species

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The following subgenera are recognized:

  • Bullia (Bullia) Gray, 1834
  • Bullia (Cereobullia) Melvill & Peile, 1924

Species within the genus Bullia include:

Synonyms:

References

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  1. ^ Griffith (1834). In: Griffith & Cuvier, An. Kingdom 12: plate 37.
  2. ^ a b Bullia Griffith, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.
  3. ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  4. ^ Bullia annulata. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  5. ^ Bullia callosa Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  6. ^ Bullia digitalis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  7. ^ Bullia diluta. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  8. ^ Bullia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  9. ^ Bullia fusca Craven. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  10. ^ Bullia laevissima. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  11. ^ Bullia mirepicta Bozzetti, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  12. ^ Bullia mozambicensis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  13. ^ Bullia natalensis Kr.. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  14. ^ Bullia pura. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  15. ^ Bullia rhodostoma. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  16. ^ Bullia terebraeformis Dautzenberg. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  17. ^ Bullia belangeri Kiener. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

Further reading

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  • 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.