Bullia mauritiana

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Bullia mauritiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Bullia
Species:
B. mauritiana
Binomial name
Bullia mauritiana
(Gray, 1839)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bullia grayi Reeve, L.A., 1846
  • Dorsanum mauritianum (Gray, 1839)

Bullia mauritiana, the Mauritius bullia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 75 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 Bullia mauritiana (Gray, 1839) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 February 2011.