Species Bulla vernicosa Gould, 1859

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulla vernicosa Gould, A.A. 1859. Descriptions of shells collected in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under Captains Ringgold and Rodgers. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 138–142 [138].
• Bulla ovula Gould in Sowerby, 1868.
• Bulla marmorea Schröter, 1804.
• Bulla ovulum Gould in Angas, 1867.
• Bulla conspersa Pease, 1869.
• Bulla secunda Mabille, 1896.
• Bulla subaustralis Mabille, 1896.
• Quibulla scotti Iredale, 1937.
• Bulla difficilis Habe, 1850.
• Bulla (Quibulla) subtropicalis Powell, 1965.

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 [527]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Bulla ventricosa Gould, 1859 [mispelling; see Hori, 2000: 758, pl. 377, fig. 1].
• Bulla punctulata [misidentification; not A. Adams, 1850. See Thach, 2005: 230, pl. 71, fig. 8].
• Bulla ampulla [misidentification; not Linnaeus, 1758. See Fukuda, 1995: 31, pl. 74, 038].
• Bullaria peasiana [misidentification; not Pilsbry, 1895]. —
  Oliver, W.R.B. 1915. The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 509-568 [542]
• Bulla angasi [misidentification; not Pilsbry, 1895 = B. mabillei. See also Iredale, 1929: 350, pl. 33, fig. 8]. —
  Willan, R.C. 1978. The nomenclature of three Pacific Bulla species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4: 57–68 [60, figs 1–14]
  Short, J.W. & Potter, D.G. 1987. Shells of Queensland and The Great Barrier Reef. Drummoyne, NSW : Golden press Pty Ltd 135 pp., 60 pl. [116, fig. 3]
  Jansen, P. 2000. Seashells of South-East Australia. Lindfield : Capricornica Publications 117 pp. [70, fig. 273]
  Cobb, G. & Willan, R.C. 2006. Undersea Jewels. A Colour Guide to Nudibranchs. Canberra : Australian Biological Resources Study 310 pp. [30, figured]
• Bulla magdelus [error for B. amygdalus; not Dillwyn, 1817 = B. occidentalis]. —
  Angas, G.F. 1867. A list of species of marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson harbour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent coasts, with notes on their habits, etc. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 185–233 [Date published 14 Feb. 1867] [227]
• Bullaria adamsi [misidentification; not Menke, 1850]. —
  Suter, H. 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington : Government Printer xxii, 1210 pp. [534, pl. 49, fig. 6]
• Bulla adamsi [misidentifications; not Menke, 1850; see B. punctulata. For further references see Menke, 1854, Pilsbry, 1895: 345, pl. 35, figs 15–16, 19–20, Oostingh, 1923, Guangyu, 1997: 94, pl. 26, fig. 3]. —
  Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. Report on the marine Mollusca obtained during the first expedition of Prof. A.C. Haddon to the Torres Straits in 1888-89. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 150-206, pls 1-2 [155]
  Hedley, C. 1910. The marine fauna of Queensland. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12: 329-371 [Date published December] [370]
  Suter, H. 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington : Government Printer xxii, 1210 pp. [534, pl. 49, fig. 6]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Cobb, G. & Willan, R.C. 2006. Undersea Jewels. A Colour Guide to Nudibranchs. Canberra : Australian Biological Resources Study 310 pp. [30] (as Bulla angasi)

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 [527]

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [24-25]

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