Bullina

Bullina
A live individual of Bullina lineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Aplustridae
Genus:	Bullina Férussac, 1822

Bullina is a genus of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Aplustridae.

Species

Species within the genus Bullina include:

• Bullina callizona Sakurai & Habe, 1961
  • Distribution: Philippines
  • Description: White ovate shell with four narrow, pink, spiraling bands
• Bullina exquisita McGinty, 1955, the exquisite bubble
  • Distribution: Indian Ocean
  • Length: 7.8 mm
  • Description: Found at depths of 90-110 m
• Bullina lineata Gray 1825, the red-lined bubble
  • Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Japan to Australia
• Bullina nobilis Habe, 1950
  • Distribution: Japan, Philippines
  • Length: 10–21 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 Sowerby, 1893
  • Distribution: South Africa, Réunion
  • Length: 8-11.5 mm
  • Description: Rather rare, almost white shell, crossed by numerous red-brown, fine, spiraling bands that end at the columella
• Bullina torrei (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936)
  • Distribution: Cuba, Virgin Islands, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Bengal
  • Length: 8.5 mm
  • Description: Found at depths of 15-27 m
• Bullina virgo Habe, 1950
  • Distribution: Philippines
  • Length: 8 mm
  • Description: White shell crossed by two pale pink, spiraling bands
• Bullina vitrea Pease, 1860
  • Distribution: Australia, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Japan
  • Description: Found at depths of 12–15 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

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