Bullina

Bullina
A live individual of Bullina lineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Bullinidae
Genus: Bullina
Férussac, 1822

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

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[1][2] 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 redbrown 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 redbrown fine spiraling bands that end at the columella.
  • Bullina roseana Rudman, 1971
    • Distribution : New Zealand
    • Description : translucent white snail; headshield forms a large pair of flaps; large, thin foot; operculum is fastened to the rear midline; pinkish white ovate shell with two pink spiraling lines; large aperture, narrowing at the top; straight, white 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

  1. ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ↑ Morley, M. S., Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand, New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd, 2004 ISBN 1-86966-044-7
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