Biology:Bullia mauritiana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Bullia mauritiana
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Bullia
Species:
B. mauritiana
Binomial name
Bullia mauritiana
(Gray, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bullia grayi Reeve, L.A., 1846
  • Dorsanum mauritianum (Gray, 1839)

Bullia mauritiana, the Mauritius bullia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 75 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and South Africa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bullia mauritiana (Gray, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 February 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4996914 entry