Genus Bulla Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulla Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [725].

  Type species:

   Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Bullus Montfort, P.D. de 1810. Conchyliologie Systematique, et Classification Methodique des Coquilles. Paris : F. Schoell Tome 2 676 + 16 pp.

  Type species:

   Bulla ampulla by original designation.
• Bullaria Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organises. Palermo (Italy) : Privately Published 224 pp. [Date published April to July].
• Bullea Blainville, M.H. de 1825-1827. Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie. Paris : F.G. Levrault t.1: 1–647, t.2: 648–667, LXXXVII pls.

  Type species:

   Bulla ampulla by original designation.
• Vesica Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840].

  Type species:

   Bulla ampulla by original designation.
• Quibulla Iredale, T. 1929. Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 337-352, pls 37-38.

  Type species:

   Bulla botanica Hedley, 1918 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Malaquias, M.A.E. & Reid, D.G. 2008. Systematic revision of the living species of Bullidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a molecular phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 453-543 [457]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Malaquias, M.A.E. & Reid, D.G. 2008. Systematic revision of the living species of Bullidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a molecular phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 453-543 [457]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	30-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
		24-Mar-2011	(import)