WoRMS taxon details
Bullia townsendi Melvill, 1912
554878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:554878)
accepted
Species
Bullia (Bullia) townsendi Melvill, 1912 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bullia (Leiodomus) townsendi Melvill, 1912 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bullia (Leiodomus) townsendi Melvill, 1912) Melvill, J. C. (1912). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10 (3): 240-254, pls 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237219
page(s): 249, pl. 11, figs 8, 8a [details]
page(s): 249, pl. 11, figs 8, 8a [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Oman
type locality contained in Gulf of Oman [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bullia townsendi Melvill, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=554878 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bullia (Leiodomus) townsendi Melvill, 1912) Melvill, J. C. (1912). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10 (3): 240-254, pls 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237219
page(s): 249, pl. 11, figs 8, 8a [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 249, pl. 11, figs 8, 8a [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
Allmon W.D., 1990 [12 December]. Review of the <i>Bullia</i> group (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) with comments on its evolution, biogeography, and phylogeny. <i>Bulletins of American Paleontology</i> 99(335): 179 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40609 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
