WoRMS taxon details
Bullia mozambicensis E. A. Smith, 1878
225383 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225383)
accepted
Species
Bullia (Bullia) mozambicensis E. A. Smith, 1878 · alternative representation
Bullia pustulosa G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 · unaccepted
marine
Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 719, pl. 75, fig. 18. [details]
page(s): 719, pl. 75, fig. 18. [details]
Type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bullia mozambicensis E. A. Smith, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225383 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 719, pl. 75, fig. 18. [details]
original description (of Bullia pustulosa G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Marine shells of South Africa. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 368-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573862
page(s): 368 [details]
basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
page(s): 719, pl. 75, fig. 18. [details]
original description (of Bullia pustulosa G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Marine shells of South Africa. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 368-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573862
page(s): 368 [details]
basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [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
Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Bullia pustulosa G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
To Malacopics (Bullia mozambicensis E. A. Smith, 1878 South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, Umdloti...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bullia pustulosa G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Bullia pustulosa G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
To Malacopics (Bullia mozambicensis E. A. Smith, 1878 South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, Umdloti...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bullia pustulosa G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
