WoRMS taxon details
Bulla mabillei Locard, 1897
224524 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224524)
accepted
Species
Bulla cruentata A. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted
Bulla punctata A. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Bulla...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Bulla punctata Schröter, 1804
Bulla solida G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: junior homonym of Bulla...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Bulla solida Gmelin, 1791; Bulla angasi is a replacement name
marine
Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 50-51; pl. 2 fig. 1-2 [details]
page(s): vol. 1, p. 50-51; pl. 2 fig. 1-2 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone , Note São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands (70 m)
type locality contained in Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands (70 m) [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic species restricted to the oceanic islands of the archipelagos of Madeira, Selvagens, Canaries, Cape Verde,...
Nomenclature Bulla mabillei has a particularly complex nomenclature because names have been proposed based on specimens with incorrect...
Distribution Eastern Atlantic species restricted to the oceanic islands of the archipelagos of Madeira, Selvagens, Canaries, Cape Verde, and Sao Tomé and Principe. [details]
Nomenclature Bulla mabillei has a particularly complex nomenclature because names have been proposed based on specimens with incorrect...
Nomenclature Bulla mabillei has a particularly complex nomenclature because names have been proposed based on specimens with incorrect or unknown localities. Malaquias & Reid (2008) maintained usage of the name mabillei pending a formal application to ICZN for a ruling on protection of this name (in relation to its available senior synonyms B. cruentata and B. angasi). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bulla mabillei Locard, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224524 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 50-51; pl. 2 fig. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Bulla cruentata A. Adams, 1850) Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 577, pl. 126, fig. 75. [details]
original description (of Bulla solida G. B. Sowerby II, 1868) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1868). Monograph of the genus <i>Haminea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals.</i> vol. 16, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, 3-5, July 1868; pl. 2, March 1868]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9133470
page(s): pl. 4, species 10 [details]
original description (of Bulla punctata A. Adams, 1850) Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 577-578, pl. 123, fig. 77. [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. <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
page(s): 492 [details]
page(s): vol. 1, p. 50-51; pl. 2 fig. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Bulla cruentata A. Adams, 1850) Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 577, pl. 126, fig. 75. [details]
original description (of Bulla solida G. B. Sowerby II, 1868) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1868). Monograph of the genus <i>Haminea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals.</i> vol. 16, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, 3-5, July 1868; pl. 2, March 1868]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9133470
page(s): pl. 4, species 10 [details]
original description (of Bulla punctata A. Adams, 1850) Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 577-578, pl. 123, fig. 77. [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. <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
page(s): 492 [details]
Other
additional source
Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
subsequent type designation 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
page(s): 492 [details]
subsequent type designation 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
page(s): 492 [details]





From editor or global species database
Distribution Eastern Atlantic species restricted to the oceanic islands of the archipelagos of Madeira, Selvagens, Canaries, Cape Verde, and Sao Tomé and Principe. [details]Type locality São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands (70 m) [details]
Unreviewed
Nomenclature Bulla mabillei has a particularly complex nomenclature because names have been proposed based on specimens with incorrect or unknown localities. Malaquias & Reid (2008) maintained usage of the name mabillei pending a formal application to ICZN for a ruling on protection of this name (in relation to its available senior synonyms B. cruentata and B. angasi). [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Bulla solida G. B. Sowerby II, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Bulla punctata A. Adams, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Bulla cruentata A. Adams, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bulla mabillei)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Bulla mabillei Locard, 1897 Cape Verde, Sal, Santa Maria, beached, collected 212-7,...
To Malacopics (Bulla mabillei Locard, 1897 Sao Tomé and Principe, Sao Tomé, off Ilheu das Cabras, ...
To Malacopics (Bulla mabillei Locard, 1897 Spain, Canarias, Tenerife, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Bulla solida G. B. Sowerby II, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Bulla punctata A. Adams, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Bulla cruentata A. Adams, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bulla mabillei)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Bulla mabillei Locard, 1897 Cape Verde, Sal, Santa Maria, beached, collected 212-7,...
To Malacopics (Bulla mabillei Locard, 1897 Sao Tomé and Principe, Sao Tomé, off Ilheu das Cabras, ...
To Malacopics (Bulla mabillei Locard, 1897 Spain, Canarias, Tenerife, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To PESI