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Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) 
AphiaID: 225369

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Nassariidae (Family) > Bullia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Bullia Gray, 1833
Synonymised
taxa		  Buccinum laevigatum Lamarck, 1816
 Buccinum laevissimum Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
 Bullia (Bullia) laevissima (Gmelin, 1791)
 Bullia sowerbyi Turton, 1932
Sources  basis of record: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

basis of record: Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356. [details]

from synonym: Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. Pp. 138-173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details] [view taxon]

identification resource: Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. Pp. 138-173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English fat plough shell  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Namibia [details]
West Coast of South Africa [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Image 
Bullia laevissima
Bullia laevissima
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225369
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-03-21 08:10:26Z  created  Wambiji, Nina
2010-12-08 19:39:29Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225369 on 2013-05-20
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