Bulbus fragilis

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Bulbus fragilis
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Bulbus fragilis shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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B. fragilis
Binomial name
Bulbus fragilis
(Leach, 1819)
Synonyms
  • Natica fragilisLeach, 1819 (Doubtful synonym of Bulbus smithii)
  • Natica largilliertiRécluz, 1852

Bulbus fragilis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

Distribution

This marine species was found in Baffin Bay, Canada.

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References

  1. Bulbus fragilis (Leach, 1819) . Gofas, S. (2009). Bulbus fragilis (Leach, 1819). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146741 on 16 June 2010 .