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Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758

181195  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181195)

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description Shell up to 6 cm long. The rounded shell is slightly glossy and patterned with brown. The animal is flesy, mottled brown...  
Description Shell up to 6 cm long. The rounded shell is slightly glossy and patterned with brown. The animal is flesy, mottled brown and orange with white flecks. Habitat: extremely common in eulittoral areas covered by dense algal mats, where the animal emerges from the surrounding sand in the evening. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181195 on 2024-12-22
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Bulla trifasciata G. B. Sowerby II, 1868) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1868). Monograph of the genus <i>Bulla</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 16: pls. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. A. Reeve, London. [stated dates: pls. 2-4, Jan. 1868; 1, 5, 6, Mar. 1868]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9133414
page(s): pl. 1, species 1 [details] 

original description (of Bulla delorti Mabille, 1896) Mabille, J. (1896). Observations sur le genre Bulla. Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris, (8) 8: 111-119. Paris [details] 

original description (of Bulla columellaris var. vermiculata Menke, 1854) Menke, K. T. (1854). Noch eine Bulla und einige andere Konchylien. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 1: 26-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864489
page(s): 26 [details] 

original description (of Bulla columellaris var. bifasciata Menke, 1854) Menke, K. T. (1854). Noch eine Bulla und einige andere Konchylien. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 1: 26-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864489
page(s): 26 [details] 

original description (of Bulla villosa Martyn, 1784) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680 [details] 

original description (of Bulla columellaris Menke, 1854) Menke, K. T. (1854). Noch eine Bulla und einige andere Konchylien. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 1: 26-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864489
page(s): 26 [details] 

context source (HKRMS) Lam KKY. (2001). Algal and sessile invertebrate recruitment onto an experimental PFA-concrete artificial reef in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 17. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 55-76. [details] 

additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 176 [details] 

additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 45. [details] 

additional source Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), <i>Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea</i>: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka. [details] 

additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 664 [details] 

redescription Malaquias, M. A. E.; Reid, D. G. (2008). Systematic revision of the living species of Bullidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a molecular phylogenetic analysis. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 153(3): 453-543., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00369.x [details] 

identification resource Poppe G. (2010) <i>Philippine marine mollusks</i> volume 3. 665 pp., pls 708-1014. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Type designation ICZN opinion 196: Bulla ampulla specific name of type species of Bulla Linnaeus, 1758 [details]

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Description Shell up to 6 cm long. The rounded shell is slightly glossy and patterned with brown. The animal is flesy, mottled brown and orange with white flecks. Habitat: extremely common in eulittoral areas covered by dense algal mats, where the animal emerges from the surrounding sand in the evening. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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English Mottled Bubble Snailflask bubble snailampulle bullaampulle bubble  [details]
German AmpullenschneckeAmpullen-Blasenschnecke  [details]
Japanese タイワンナツメガイ  [details]