MolluscaBase - Bullia callosa (W. Wood, 1828)

WoRMS taxon details

Bullia callosa (W. Wood, 1828)

AphiaID

224363 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224363)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bullia J. E. Gray, 1833

Original name

Buccinum callosum W. Wood, 1828

Synonymised names

Buccinum callosum W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted (original combination)

Bullia (Bullia) callosa (W. Wood, 1828) · alternative representation

Bullia callosa var. sulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 · unaccepted

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Variety Bullia callosa var. sulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 accepted as Bullia callosa (W. Wood, 1828)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Buccinum callosum W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 12 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bullia callosa (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224363 on 2025-03-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-15 08:02:14Z

created

Nsiangango, Silvi Edith

2010-12-01 10:50:04Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-07-04 18:46:28Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Buccinum callosum W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 12 [details]

original description (of Bullia callosa var. sulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Some further notes on marine shells collected at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with descriptions of some new species. Journal of Conchology. 6(1): 6-15, pl. 1. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566804 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. Pp. 138-173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Adam, W. & Knudsen, J. (1984). Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l'Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 55 (9): 1-95, 5 pl., available online at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biologie/55-1983-1985/biol_55-9.pdf [details]

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 128. [details]

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]