Bullia

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Bullia mozambicensis shell.png |image_caption = Black and white drawing of an apertural view of a shell of ''Bullia mozambicensis''. The scale bar is probably 1 inch. |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Bullia |authority = Griffith, 1834<ref>Griffith (1834). In: Griffith & Cuvier, ''An. Kingdom'' '''12''': plate 37.</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Adinopsis'' Odhner, 1923 (preoccupied by ''Adinopsis'' Cameron 1918 (Coleoptera)) * ''Adinus'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 * ''Buccinum (Bullia)'' * ''Bullia (Adinus)'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 * ''Bullia (Bullia)'' Gray, 1833 * ''Bullia (Cereobullia)'' Melvill & Peile, 1924 * ''Bullia (Leiodomus)'' Swainson, 1840 * ''Bullia (Pseudostrombus)'' Mörch, 1852 * ''Bulliana'' Gray, 1842 * ''Dorsanum (Adinus)'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 * ''Dorsanum (Fluviodorsum)'' Boettger, 1885 * ''Leiodomus'' Swainson, 1840 * ''Pseudostrombus'' Moerch, 1852 |type_species = ''Bullia semiplicata'' |type_species_authority = Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 }}

'''''Bullia''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|181058|''Bullia'' Griffith, 1834||2 November 2012}}</ref>

==Description== The animal is without eyes. The tentacles are long and slender. The foot is greatly expanded, and bifid behind.

The shell is ovate or turreted. The spire is more or less acuminated, the sutures enamelled. The inner lip is excavated in the middle, callous posteriorly. The aperture is oval and moderate.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls]</ref>

==Species== The following subgenera are recognized: * ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834 * ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Melvill & Peile, 1924

Species within the genus ''Bullia'' include: {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Bullia aikeni'' Kilburn, 1978 * ''Bullia ancillaeformis'' Smith, 1906 * ''Bullia annulata'' (Lamarck, 1816) <ref>{{WRMS species|225367|''Bullia annulata'' ||18 April 2010}}</ref> * † ''Bullia bantamensis'' Oostingh, 1933 * ''Bullia callosa'' (W. Wood, 1828) <ref>{{WRMS species|224363|''Bullia callosa'' Gray||18 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Bullia cataphracta'' Kilburn, 1978 * ''Bullia ceroplasta'' Melvill, 1898 * ''Bullia chitanii'' Yokoyama, 1926 † * ''Bullia crosseana'' Tapparone-Canefri, 1882 (nomen dubium) * ''Bullia cumingiana'' Dunker, 1852 * ''Bullia digitalis'' (Dillwyn, 1817) <ref>{{WRMS species|225370|''Bullia digitalis'' ||18 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Bullia diluta'' (Krauss, 1848) <ref>{{WRMS species|208017|''Bullia diluta'' ||18 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Bullia elegans'' Dunker, 1857 (nomen dubium) * ''Bullia granulosa'' (Lamarck, 1822)<ref>{{WRMS species|225390|''Bullia granulosa'' (Lamarck, 1822)||18 April 2010}}</ref> - synonym: ''Bullia fusca'' Craven<ref>{{WRMS species|224365|''Bullia fusca'' Craven||18 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Bullia gruveli'' (Dautzenberg, 1910) * ''Bullia indusindica'' Melvill, 1898 * ''Bullia insignis'' Turton, 1932 (nomen dubium) * ''Bullia jucunda'' Turton, 1932 * ''Bullia kurrachensis'' Angas, 1877 * ''Bullia laevissima'' (Gmelin, 1791) <ref>{{WRMS species|225369|''Bullia laevissima'' ||18 April 2010}}</ref> * † ''Bullia litoralis'' Oostingh, 1933 * ''Bullia livida'' Reeve, 1846 * ''Bullia martinii'' Gray, 1843 (nomen dubium) * ''Bullia mauritiana'' Gray, 1839 * ''Bullia melanoides'' (Deshayes, 1832) * ''Bullia mirepicta'' Bozzetti, 2007<ref>{{WRMS species|456932|''Bullia mirepicta'' Bozzetti, 2007||18 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Bullia mozambicensis'' Smith, 1878 <ref>{{WRMS species|225383|''Bullia mozambicensis'' ||18 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Bullia natalensis'' (Krauss, 1848).<ref>{{WRMS species|208016|''Bullia natalensis'' Kr.||18 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Bullia nitida'' Sowerby, 1895 * ''Bullia nuttalli'' Kilburn, 1978 * ''Bullia osculata'' Sowerby III, 1900 * ''Bullia osseum'' Menke, 1829 (nomen dubium) * ''Bullia othaeitensis'' (Bruguière, 1789) * ''Bullia perlucida'' Bozzetti, 2014 * ''Bullia perryi'' Jay, 1855 (nomen dubium) * ''Bullia persica'' Smith, 1878 * † ''Bullia provecta'' Beets, 1942 * ''Bullia pulchella'' Turton, 1932 (nomen dubium) * ''Bullia pura'' Melvill, 1885 <ref>{{WRMS species|225381|''Bullia pura'' ||18 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Bullia rhodostoma'' Reeve, 1847 <ref>{{WRMS species|225371|''Bullia rhodostoma'' ||18 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Bullia rogersi'' Smythe & Chatfield, 1981 * ''Bullia semiplicata'' Gray, 1833 * ''Bullia sendersi'' Kilburn, 1978 * ''Bullia similis'' Sowerby, 1897 * ''Bullia skoogi'' (Odhner, 1923) * ''Bullia smytheae'' Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1994 * † ''Bullia sundaica'' Oostingh, 1939 * ''Bullia tamsiana'' Dunker, 1853 * ''Bullia tenuis'' Reeve, 1846 * ''Bullia terebraeformis'' Dautzenberg<ref>{{WRMS species|225727|''Bullia terebraeformis'' Dautzenberg||18 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Bullia townsendi'' Melvill, 1912 * ''Bullia tranquebarica'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Bullia trifasciata'' Smith, 1904 * ''Bullia truncata'' Reeve, 1846 * ''Bullia turrita'' Gray, 1839 * ''Bullia vittata'' (Linnaeus, 1767) {{div col end}}

Synonyms: * ''Bullia belangeri'' Kiener:<ref>{{WRMS species|208018|''Bullia belangeri'' Kiener||18 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Bullia tranquebarica'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Bullia cinerea'' Preston, 1906: synonym of ''Nassarius dorsatus'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Bullia fuscus'' Gray in Dieffenbach, 1834 is a synonym of ''Impages hectica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Bullia miran'' (Bruguière, 1789) is a synonym of ''Dorsanum miran'' (Bruguière, 1789) * ''Bullia truncata'' Reeve, 1846: synonym of ''Adinus truncatus'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Bullia valida'' Dunker, 1852 is a synonym of ''Pusionella valida'' (Dunker, 1852)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== {{Commons category| Bullia}} * Odhner, N.H. (1923) Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. Meddelanden fran Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Avdelning, 23, 1–39, 1 pl. page(s): 15 * Abbott, R.T. & S.P. Dance (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc:Melbourne, Florida * Allmon W. D. (1990). "Review of the ''Bullia'' group (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) with comments on its evolution, biogeography, and phylogeny". ''Bulletins of American Paleontology'' [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40609 '''99'''(335)]: 179 pp., 15 pls.

Category:Nassariidae Category:Taxa named by Edward Griffith (zoologist) Category:Gastropod genera