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Bullia is a genus

Genus

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of sea snail

Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine

Marine (ocean)

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gastropod mollusks in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

Nassariidae

Nassariidae, common name nassa mud snails , or dog whelks , are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.-Shell description:...

, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Species

The fiollowing 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
Bullia annulata
Bullia annulata, common name the annulated plough shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks....
Bullia belangeri
Bullia belangeri
Bullia belangeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-References:...

Kiener
Bullia callosa
Bullia callosa
Bullia callosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks....

Gray
Bullia cataphracta Kilburn, 1978
Bullia cumingiana Dunker, 1852
Bullia digitalis
Bullia digitalis
Bullia digitalis, the Finger Plough Shell or Plough Snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.These dominant scavengers scent decaying animal matter from a considerable distance so that they converge from all...

(Dillwyn, 1817)
Bullia diluta
Bullia diluta
Bullia diluta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks....

(Krauss, 1848)
Bullia granulosa
Bullia granulosa
Bullia granulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-References:...

(Lamarck, 1822) - synonym: Bullia fusca Craven
Bullia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910)
Bullia indusindica Melvill, 1898
Bullia kurrachensis Angas, 1877
Bullia laevissima
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....
Bullia mauritiana Gray, 1839
Bullia melanoides (Deshayes, 1832)
Bullia miran
Bullia miran
Dorsanum miran, common name : the Moroccan bullia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Distribution:...

(Bruguière, 1792)
Bullia mirepicta
Bullia mirepicta
Bullia mirepicta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks....

Bozzetti, 2007
Bullia mozambicensis
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...

Smith, 1878
Bullia natalensis
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....

(Krauss, 1848).
Bullia nitida Sowerby, 1895
Bullia nuttalli Kilburn, 1978
Bullia osculata Sowerby, 1900
Bullia othaeitensis (Bruguière, 1789)
Bullia persica Smith, 1878
Bullia pura
Bullia pura
Bullia pura, common name the pure plough shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks....

Melvill, 1885
Bullia rhodostoma
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....

Reeve, 1847
Bullia rogersi Smythe & Chatfield, 1981
Bullia sendersi Kilburn, 1978
Bullia similis Sowerby, 1897
Bullia skoogi (Odhner, 1923)
Bullia tenuis Reeve, 1846
Bullia terebraeformis
Bullia terebraeformis
Bullia terebraeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks....

Dautzenberg
Bullia townsendi Melvill, 1912
Bullia tranquebarica (Röding, 1798)
Bullia trifasciata Smith, 1904
Bullia turrita Gray, 1839
Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Synonyms:

Bullia fuscus Gray in Dieffenbach, 1834 is a synonym of Impages hectica
Impages hectica
Impages hectica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails....

(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bullia miran (Bruguière, 1789) is a synonym of Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789)
Bullia valida Dunker, 1852 is a synonym of Pusionella valida
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, flatly rounded, with two or three striae around the upper portion,...

(Dunker, 1852)

Species

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