WoRMS taxon details
Bullata Jousseaume, 1875
456378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456378)
accepted
Genus
Voluta bullata Born, 1778 accepted as Bullata bullata (Born, 1778) (type by absolute tautonymy)
Gibberulina Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Gibberulina (Gibberulina) Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Marginella (Bullata) Jousseaume, 1875 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Marginella (Volutella) Swainson, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Marginellona (Volutella) Swainson, 1831 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Volutella Swainson, 1831 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Volutella G. Perry, 1810...)
of Volutella G. Perry, 1810 [Vasidae]
- Species Bullata analuciae P. Souza & G. A. Coovert, 2001
- Species Bullata bullata (Born, 1778)
- Species Bullata guerrinii P. Souza & G. A. Coovert, 2001
- Species Bullata largillieri (Kiener, 1841)
- Species Bullata lilacina (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846)
- Species Bullata matthewsi (Van Mol & Tursch, 1967)
- Subgenus Bullata (Cryptospira) Hinds, 1844 accepted as Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Bullata angustata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846) accepted as Volvarina angustata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846)
- Species Bullata bernardi (Largilliert, 1845) accepted as Cryptospira strigata (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Bullata dactylus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Cryptospira dactylus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Bullata glauca (Jousseaume, 1875) accepted as Cryptospira glauca Jousseaume, 1875
- Species Bullata hindsiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) accepted as Prunum olivaeforme (Kiener, 1834)
- Species Bullata lipei Clover, 1990 accepted as Prunum lipei (Clover, 1990) (original combination)
- Species Bullata mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901) accepted as Volvarina mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Species Bullata quadrilineata (Gaskoin, 1849) accepted as Cryptospira quadrilineata (Gaskoin, 1849)
- Species Bullata sarda (Kiener, 1834) accepted as Closia sarda (Kiener, 1834)
- Species Bullata scripta (Hinds, 1844) accepted as Cryptospira scripta (Hinds, 1844)
- Species Bullata strigata (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Cryptospira strigata (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Bullata tricincta (Hinds, 1844) accepted as Cryptospira tricincta (Hinds, 1844)
- Species Bullata ventricosa (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) accepted as Cryptospira ventricosa (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
- Species Bullata verreauxi Jousseaume, 1875 accepted as Volvarina verreauxi (Jousseaume, 1875) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. <em>Revue et Magazin de Zoologie.</em> ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33047555 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Bullata Jousseaume, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456378 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. <em>Revue et Magazin de Zoologie.</em> ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33047555 [details]
original description (of Gibberulina Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Volutella Swainson, 1831) Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): ser. 2: 1 (unpaginated text to pl. 44) [details]
basis of record Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details]
original description (of Gibberulina Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Volutella Swainson, 1831) Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): ser. 2: 1 (unpaginated text to pl. 44) [details]
basis of record Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Coovert, G. A. & Coovert, H. K. (1995). Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 109(2-3): 43-110, 80 figs., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274195 [details]
additional source De Souza, P. J. S. & Coovert, G. A. (2001). Revision of the Recent <i>Bullata</i> Jousseaume, 1875 (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) with the description of two new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 115(1): 1-14, figs. 1-14., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097183 [details]
additional source De Souza, P. J. S. & Coovert, G. A. (2001). Revision of the Recent <i>Bullata</i> Jousseaume, 1875 (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) with the description of two new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 115(1): 1-14, figs. 1-14., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097183 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
