WoRMS taxon details
Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 181195
AphiaID: 181195
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Bulloidea (Superfamily) > Bullidae (Family) > Bulla (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Bulla Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||
| Parent | Bulla Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bulla ampulla var. mozambicensis Bergh, 1900 Bulla columellaris Menke, 1854 Bulla columellaris var. bifasciata Menke, 1854 Bulla columellaris var. vermiculata Menke, 1854 Bulla delorti Mabille, 1896 Bulla trifasciata G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 Bulla villosa Martyn, 1784 (Unavailable name (ICZN Opinion 456)) Quibulla selina Iredale, 1929 | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 176 [details] redescription: Malaquias M.A. & Reid D.G. (2008). Systematic revision of the living species of Bullidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a molecular phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153:453-543. [details] basis of record (from synonym): Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon] identification resource: Poppe G. (2010) Philippine marine mollusks volume 3. 665 pp., pls 708-1014. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Bulla ampulla striata Röding, 1798 (nomen dubium) Variety Bulla ampulla var. mozambicensis Bergh, 1900 accepted as Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 15 proteins) To PESI To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Description: Shell up to 6 cm long. The rounded shell is slightly glossy and patterned with brown. The animal is flesy, mottled brown and orange with white flecks. Habitat: extremely common in eulittoral areas covered by dense algal mats, where the animal emerges from the surrounding sand in the evening. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details] Type designation: ICZN opinion 196: Bulla ampulla specific name of type species of Bulla Linnaeus, 1758 [details] | |||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181195 | |||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181195 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||
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