Bulbus (gastropod)
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| Bulbus fragilis shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Bulbus T. Brown, 1839[1] |
| Type species | |
| Bulbus smithii T. Brown, 1839
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Acrybia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 | |
Bulbus is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Bulbus include:
- Bulbus fragilis (Leach, 1819)[3]
- Bulbus normalis (Middendorff, 1851)
- Bulbus smithii Brown, 1839[4]
- Bulbus striatus Golikov & Sirenko, 1983
- Bulbus tenuiculus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1915)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Bulbus benthicolus Dell, 1990:[5] synonym of Falsilunatia benthicola (Dell, 1990)
- Bulbus carcellesi Dell, 1990:[6] synonym of Falsilunatia carcellesi (Dell, 1990)
- Bulbus flavus (Gould, 1839): synonym of Bulbus smithii T. Brown, 1839
- Bulbus globosus (Jeffreys, 1885): synonym of Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792)
- Bulbus incurvus Dunker, 1852: synonym of Rapa incurva (Dunker, 1852)
- Bulbus scotianus Dell, 1990[7] Dell, 1990: synonym of Falsilunatia scotiana (Dell, 1990)
References
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- ^ Brown T. (1839). Proc. geol. Soc. Lond. 3: 119.
- ^ a b Bulbus T. Brown, 1839. WoRMS (2009). Bulbus Brown, 1839. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138237 on 16 June 2010 .
- ^ Bulbus fragilis (Leach, 1819). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
- ^ Bulbus smithii Brown, 1839. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
- ^ Bulbus benthicolus Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
- ^ Bulbus carcellesi Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
- ^ Bulbus scotianus Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls