# Bullina

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Bullina lineata 1.jpg
| image_caption = A live individual of ''[Bullina lineata](/source/Bullina_lineata)''
| taxon = Bullina
| authority = [Férussac](/source/Andr%C3%A9_%C3%89tienne_d'Audebert_de_F%C3%A9russac), 1822
}}

'''''Bullina''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s or bubble snails, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [molluscs](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Aplustridae](/source/Aplustridae).<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|204861|''Bullina'' A. Férussac, 1822||8 January 2019}}</ref>

== Species ==
Species within the genus ''Bullina'' include:
*''[Bullina callizona](/source/Bullina_callizona)'' Sakurai & Habe, 1961
**Distribution : Philippines
**Description : white ovate shell with four narrow pink spiraling bands.
*''[Bullina exquisita](/source/Bullina_exquisita)'' McGinty, 1955, the exquisite bubble
**Distribution : Indian Ocean
**Length : 7.8&nbsp;mm
**Description : found at depths of 90 to 110 m
* ''[Bullina lineata](/source/Bullina_lineata)''<ref>[Powell A. W. B.](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [William Collins Publishers Ltd](/source/HarperCollins), Auckland, New Zealand 1979ISBN 0-00-216906-1</ref><ref>{{citeq|Q115391200}}</ref> [Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray) 1825, the red-lined bubble
**Distribution : Indo-Pacific, Japan to Australia.
*''[Bullina nobilis](/source/Bullina_nobilis)'' Habe, 1950
**Distribution : Japan, Philippines
**Length : 10–21&nbsp;mm
**Description : ovate shell with wide aperture, narrowing at the top, and white outer lip; shell with horizontally spiraling red-brown bands, crossing wavy vertical bands in the same color, over a white background. Twisted columella.
*''[Bullina oblonga](/source/Bullina_oblonga)'' Sowerby, 1893
**Distribution : South Africa, Réunion.
**Length : 8-11.5&nbsp;mm
**Description : rather rare; almost white shell, crossed by numerous red-brown fine spiraling bands that end at the columella.
*''[Bullina torrei](/source/Bullina_torrei)'' (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936)
**Distribution : Cuba, Virgin Islands, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Bengal.
**Length : 8.5&nbsp;mm
**Description : found at depths of 15 to 27 m
*''[Bullina virgo](/source/Bullina_virgo)'' Habe, 1950
**Distribution : Philippines
**Length : 8&nbsp;mm
**Description : white shell crossed by two pale pink spiraling bands.
*''[Bullina vitrea](/source/Bullina_vitrea)'' Pease, 1860
**Distribution : Australia, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Japan
**Description : found at depths of 12–15&nbsp;m; shell with two gray or black spiraling bands and a yellowish color at the anterior and posterior; the snail is translucent clear with white pigmentation.

== References ==
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Category:Aplustridae
Category:Taxa named by André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac

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