Bulbus (gastropod)

Bulbus is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[2]

Bulbus
Bulbus fragilis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Bulbus
T. Brown, 1839[1]
Type species
Bulbus smithii
T. Brown, 1839
Synonyms[2]

Acrybia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Species

Species within the genus Bulbus include:

  • Bulbus fragilis (Leach, 1819)[3]
  • Bulbus normalis (Middendorff, 1851)
  • Bulbus smithii Brown, 1839[4]
  • Bulbus striatus Golikov & Sirenko, 1983
  • Bulbus tenuiculus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1915)
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Brown T. (1839). Proc. geol. Soc. Lond. 3: 119.
  2. Bulbus T. Brown, 1839. WoRMS (2009). Bulbus Brown, 1839. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138237 on 16 June 2010 .
  3. Bulbus fragilis (Leach, 1819). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  4. Bulbus smithii Brown, 1839. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  5. Bulbus benthicolus Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  6. Bulbus carcellesi Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  7. Bulbus scotianus Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls


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