Bullia tranquebarica

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

Bullia tranquebarica
Two views of a shell of Bullia tranquebarica (museum specimens 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. tranquebarica
Binomial name
Bullia tranquebarica
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum bellangeri Kiener, 1834
  • Bullia (Bullia) tranquebarica (Röding, 1798) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Bullia bellangeri (Kiener, 1834)
  • Dorsanum belangeri (Kiener, 1834)
  • Plotia tranquebarica Röding, 1798 (original combination)
  • Terebra lineoloata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825

Description

The shell grows to a length of 35 mm.

The narrow shell is elongated and subturreted. It is of a bright, transparent ash color, covered with longitudinal waved and reddish lines. The elongated spire is composed of seven or eight slightly convex whorls. They are marked at their upper part by a marginated suture, and two slightly apparent striae towards the base. The body whorl is shorter than the spire, marked at its base with regular, transverse striae or ridges. The oval aperture is oblong, smooth and white. The outer lip is thin and sharp, slightly plaited internally. The columella, slightly arcuated, is terminated by a pretty prominent oblique fold.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References
  1. Bullia belangeri Kiener, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 February.
  2. Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum bellangeri Kiener, 1834)
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv For Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 12(6). 52 pp, 4 pl.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
  • "Bullia (Bullia) tranquebarica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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