Bullia vittata

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

Bullia vittata
Apertural view of a shell of Bullia vittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Nassariidae
Subfamily:
Nassariinae
Genus:
Bullia
Species:
B. vittata
Binomial name
Bullia vittata
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ancilla alba Perry, 1811
  • Buccinanops vittatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Buccinum vittatum Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination)
  • Eburna monilis Schumacher, 1817
  • Terebra buccinoidea Blainville, 1824

Description

The shell size varies between 27 mm and 50 mm

The elongated shell is conical, and slightly turreted. It is of a bluish or ashy white color. The spire is very pointed at its summit. It is composed of nine or ten slightly convex whorls, united by a shallow suture, and furnished at their upper part with very close small folds or granulations. These folds form a girdle, and crown the whorls, which are again ornamented throughout their whole length with transverse thin ridges, more strongly prominent towards the base. There appear, besides, upon the body whorl, oblique striae of growth pretty apparent, and presenting sometimes the appearance of varices. One or two striae separate also the folds from the upper marginal edge. The aperture is oblong, slightly narrowed, dilated at its base, where it is terminated by a very deep and slightly oblique emargination. The interior of the aperture is of a brown fawn color. The outer lip is white, thin and sharp. The columella is white and rounded.[2]

Distribution

This species is occurs offSouth Africa and West Australia.

References
  1. Gofas, S. (2015). Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1767). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=554883 on 4 May 2016
  2. Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum vittatum)
  • "Bullia vittata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
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