Bullina
| Bullina | |
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| A live individual of Bullina lineata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Aplustridae |
| Genus: | Bullina Férussac, 1822 |
Bullina is a genus of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Aplustridae.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Bullina include:
- Bullina callizona Sakurai & Habe, 1961
- Distribution : Philippines
- Description : white ovate shell with four narrow pink spiraling bands.
- Bullina exquisita McGinty, 1955, the exquisite bubble
- Distribution : Indian Ocean
- Length : 7.8 mm
- Description : found at depths of 90 to 110 m
- Bullina lineata[2][3] Gray 1825, the red-lined bubble
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific, Japan to Australia.
- Bullina nobilis Habe, 1950
- Distribution : Japan, Philippines
- Length : 10–21 mm
- Description : ovate shell with wide aperture, narrowing at the top, and white outer lip; shell with horizontally spiraling red-brown bands, crossing wavy vertical bands in the same color, over a white background. Twisted columella.
- Bullina oblonga Sowerby, 1893
- Distribution : South Africa, Réunion.
- Length : 8-11.5 mm
- Description : rather rare; almost white shell, crossed by numerous red-brown fine spiraling bands that end at the columella.
- Bullina torrei (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936)
- Distribution : Cuba, Virgin Islands, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Bengal.
- Length : 8.5 mm
- Description : found at depths of 15 to 27 m
- Bullina virgo Habe, 1950
- Distribution : Philippines
- Length : 8 mm
- Description : white shell crossed by two pale pink spiraling bands.
- Bullina vitrea Pease, 1860
- Distribution : Australia, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Japan
- Description : found at depths of 12–15 m; shell with two gray or black spiraling bands and a yellowish color at the anterior and posterior; the snail is translucent clear with white pigmentation.
References
[edit]- ^ Bullina A. Férussac, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ Margaret Morley (2004). A Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand. Illustrator: Iain A Anderson. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 978-1-86966-044-4. OCLC 56646921. Wikidata Q115391200.