Bullia
Bullia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Description
The animal is without eyes. The tentacles are long and slender. The foot is greatly expanded, and bifid behind.The shell is ovate or turreted. The spire is more or less acuminated, the sutures enamelled. The inner lip is excavated in the middle, callous posteriorly. The aperture is oval and moderate.
Species
The following subgenera are recognized:Bullia Gray, 1834Bullia Melvill & Peile, 1924Species within the genus Bullia include:Bullia aikeni Kilburn, 1978Bullia ancillaeformis Smith, 1906Bullia annulata
- † Bullia bantamensis Oostingh, 1933 Bullia callosa Bullia cataphracta Kilburn, 1978Bullia ceroplasta Melvill, 1898Bullia chitanii Yokoyama, 1926 †Bullia crosseana Tapparone-Canefri, 1882 Bullia cumingiana Dunker, 1852Bullia digitalis Bullia diluta Bullia elegans Dunker, 1857 Bullia granulosa - synonym: Bullia fusca CravenBullia gruveli Bullia indusindica Melvill, 1898Bullia insignis Turton, 1932 Bullia jucunda Turton, 1932Bullia kurrachensis Angas, 1877Bullia laevissima
- † Bullia litoralis Oostingh, 1933Bullia livida Reeve, 1846Bullia martinii Gray, 1843 Bullia mauritiana Gray, 1839Bullia melanoides Bullia mirepicta Bozzetti, 2007Bullia mozambicensis Smith, 1878 Bullia natalensis.Bullia nitida Sowerby, 1895Bullia nuttalli Kilburn, 1978Bullia osculata Sowerby III, 1900Bullia osseum Menke, 1829 Bullia othaeitensis Bullia perlucida Bozzetti, 2014Bullia perryi Jay, 1855 Bullia persica Smith, 1878
- † Bullia provecta Beets, 1942 Bullia pulchella Turton, 1932 Bullia pura Melvill, 1885 Bullia rhodostoma Reeve, 1847 Bullia rogersi Smythe & Chatfield, 1981Bullia semiplicata Gray, 1833Bullia sendersi Kilburn, 1978Bullia similis Sowerby, 1897Bullia skoogi Bullia smytheae Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1994
- † Bullia sundaica Oostingh, 1939Bullia tamsiana Dunker, 1853Bullia tenuis Reeve, 1846Bullia terebraeformis DautzenbergBullia townsendi Melvill, 1912Bullia tranquebarica Bullia trifasciata Smith, 1904Bullia truncata Reeve, 1846Bullia turrita Gray, 1839Bullia vittata