North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Bulla occidentalis A. Adams, 1850

AphiaID

420521 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420521)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bulla Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Bulla occidentalis A. Adams, 1850

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 577, pl. 123, figs 72, 73. [details]

Type data

Note St. Vincent, West Indies

Type locality St. Vincent, West Indies [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Bulla occidentalis A. Adams, 1850. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=420521 on 2026-06-29

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Bulla occidentalis A. Adams, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=420521 on 2026-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

created

db_admin

2010-08-30 18:44:26Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-09-10 08:54:59Z

changed

Caballer, Manuel

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original description Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 577, pl. 123, figs 72, 73. [details]

context source (CoRMS) Marcus, E. & Marcus, E. (1967). Opisthobranchs from the southwestern Caribbean Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science, 17(3): 597–628. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 577; pl. 123 fig. 72-73 [details]

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

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

additional source Radwin, G. E. (1969). A Recent molluscan fauna from the Caribbean Coast of southeastern Panama. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 15: 229-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4306002 [details]