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Bulbus fragilis

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Bulbus fragilis
Bulbus fragilis shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Bulbus
Species:
B. fragilis
Binomial name
Bulbus fragilis
(Leach, 1819)
Synonyms
  • Natica fragilis Leach, 1819 (Doubtful synonym of Bulbus smithii)
  • Natica largillierti Récluz, 1852

Bulbus fragilis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species was found in Baffin Bay, Canada.

References

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  1. ^ Bulbus fragilis (Leach, 1819). Gofas, S. (2009). Bulbus fragilis (Leach, 1819). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146741 on 16 June 2010 .
  • Récluz, C., 1852. Description de plusieurs coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 3: 408-414
  • Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p