Bullastra

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Multiple issues|{{more citations needed|date=February 2018}}{{more footnotes|date=February 2018}}}} {{Automatic_taxobox |taxon = Bullastra |authority = Bergh, 1901 }}

'''''Bullastra''''' is a genus of large-sized, globose snails in the family Lymnaeidae. Snails in this genus have large apertures and fleshy, triangular tentacles.<ref name="Fact sheet">{{Cite web|url=http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/Freshwater_Oct18/Media/Html/bullastra.htm|title=Bullastra - fact sheet|website=keys.lucidcentral.org|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> This genus is similar to Austropeplea but differs in generally being larger and having a distinctive twist in the columella.

== Distribution and habitat == Bullastra are found in the Philippines and on mainland Australia. They are fully aquatic, living in smaller bodies of water, such as ponds and streams.

== Species == The genus ''Bullastra'' contains the following 4 species:<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bouchet|first1=P.|title=Bullastra Bergh, 1901|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724561|website=www.marinespecies.org|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref>

* ''Bullastra brevispira'' (Martens, 1897) * ''Bullastra cumingiana'' (Pfeiffer, 1855) * ''Bullastra vinosa'' (Adams and Angas, 1864) * ''Bullastra lessoni'' (Deshayes, 1830)

Type species: ''Bullastra velutinoides'' Bergh, 1901 (=''Bullastra cumingiana'' (Pfeiffer, 1855))

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Lymnaeidae Category:Taxa named by Rudolph Bergh