''Bullia'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusk
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s in the
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Nassariidae
The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (USA), or dog whelks (UK), are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.
"Dog whelk" also refers to ''Nucella lapillus''.
Shell description
T ...
, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
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
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' Tapparone-Canefri, 1882 (nomen dubium)
* ''
Bullia cumingiana'' Dunker, 1852
* ''
Bullia digitalis
''Bullia digitalis'', the finger plough shell or plough snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
These dominant scavengers are attracted by the ...
'' (Dillwyn, 1817)
* ''
Bullia diluta'' (Krauss, 1848)
* ''
Bullia elegans
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' Dunker, 1857 (nomen dubium)
* ''
Bullia granulosa
''Naytia granulosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naytia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register o ...
'' (Lamarck, 1822) - synonym: ''Bullia fusca'' Craven
* ''
Bullia gruveli
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' (Dautzenberg, 1910)
* ''
Bullia indusindica
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' Melvill, 1898
* ''
Bullia insignis
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' Turton, 1932 (nomen dubium)
* ''
Bullia jucunda
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' Turton, 1932
* ''
Bullia kurrachensis
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' Angas, 1877
* ''
Bullia laevissima
''Bullia laevissima'', common name the fat plough shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 67&n ...
'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* † ''
Bullia litoralis
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' Oostingh, 1933
* ''
Bullia livida
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' Reeve, 1846
* ''
Bullia martinii
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
...
'' Gray, 1843 (nomen dubium)
* ''
Bullia mauritiana'' Gray, 1839
* ''
Bullia melanoides'' (Deshayes, 1832)
* ''
Bullia mirepicta
''Bullia mirepicta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasika ...
'' Bozzetti, 2007
* ''
Bullia mozambicensis
''Bullia mozambicensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Distribution
Distribution of ''Bullia mozambicensis'' includes:
* Mozambique
* South Coast of South Af ...
'' Smith, 1878
* ''
Bullia natalensis
''Bullia natalensis'', the pleated plough shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm.
...
'' (Krauss, 1848).
* ''
Bullia nitida
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' Sowerby, 1895
* ''
Bullia nuttalli'' Kilburn, 1978
* ''
Bullia osculata'' Sowerby III, 1900
* ''
Bullia osseum
''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:
* ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834
* ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...
'' 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
''Bullia rhodostoma'', common name the smooth plough shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 5 ...
'' 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
''Nassarius dorsatus'', common name the channeled nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.Bouchet, P. (2015). Nassarius dorsatus (Röding, 1798). In: MolluscaBase ...
'' (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
''Adinus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Description
The subulate shell is spirally striated. The Columella (gastropod), colum ...
'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''Bullia valida'' Dunker, 1852 is a synonym of ''
Pusionella valida
''Pusionella valida'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm. The shell is smooth and ponderous. There are 11–12 whorls ...
'' (Dunker, 1852)
References
Further reading
* Odhner, N.H. (1923) Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. Meddelanden fran Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Avdelning, 23, 1–39, 1 pl. page(s): 15
* Abbott, R.T. & S.P. Dance (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc:Melbourne, Florida
* Allmon W. D. (1990). "Review of the ''Bullia'' group (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) with comments on its evolution, biogeography, and phylogeny". ''
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External links
Nassariidae
Taxa named by Edward Griffith (zoologist)
Gastropod genera
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