Bullia Explained

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

Description

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.^[1]

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)
† Bullia bantamensis Oostingh, 1933
Bullia callosa (W. Wood, 1828)
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)
Bullia diluta (Krauss, 1848)
Bullia elegans Dunker, 1857 (nomen dubium)
Bullia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822) - synonym: Bullia fusca Craven
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)
† 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
Bullia mozambicensis Smith, 1878
Bullia natalensis (Krauss, 1848).
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
Bullia rhodostoma Reeve, 1847
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
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: 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)

Notes and References

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 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

Bullia Explained

Description

Species

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