African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791)

AfReMaS taxon details

Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

225369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225369)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bullia J. E. Gray, 1833

Original name

Buccinum laevissimum Gmelin, 1791

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225369 on 2026-01-18

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225369 on 2026-01-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-21 08:10:26Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2010-12-08 19:39:29Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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[clear cache]

original description (of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

additional source Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]

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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Malacopics (Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, at 15 m dep...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, at 15 m dep...

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