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Bullina is a genus of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Aplustridae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderCephalaspidea
  5. FamilyAplustridae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
25
With media
9
Family
Aplustridae
Collections
USNM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UF, UCM, CAS, MNHN
Recorded in
United States, RéUnion, Australia, France, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sud Madagascar, French Polynesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Bullinidae
Image
Bullina lineata 1.jpg
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taxon name
Bullina
Commons category
Bullina
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Bullina
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
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Bullina is a genus of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Aplustridae.

== Species == 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 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.

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