Bullia granulosa
| Bullia granulosa | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Bullia granulosa (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Subfamily: | Bullinae |
| Genus: | Bullia |
| Species: | B. granulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Bullia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bullia granulosa 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 16 mm and 34 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon and Angola
References
- 1 2 Bullia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2011.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandà o, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
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