Bullina
Encyclopedia
Bullina is a genus
of sea snail
s or bubble snails, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Bullinidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s or bubble snails, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs 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...
Bullinidae
Bullinidae
Bullinidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acteonoidea.Synonyms for this family are Nonacteoninidae Bandel, 1994 and Sulcoactaeonidae Gründel, 1997....
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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 lineataBullina lineataBullina lineata, common name the red-lined bubble snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bullinidae.-Description:...
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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; operculumOperculum (gastropod)The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
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.