Bulbus (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Naticoidea Scientific name Bulbus Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Family Naticidae Higher classification Naticidae

Similar Naticidae, Gastropods, Molluscs, Eunaticina, Notocochlis

Bulbus is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Species

Species within the genus Bulbus include:

Bulbus fragilis (Leach, 1819)

Bulbus normalis (Middendorff, 1851)

Bulbus smithii Brown, 1839

Bulbus striatus Golikov & Sirenko, 1983

Bulbus tenuiculus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1915)

Species brought into synonymy

Bulbus benthicolus Dell, 1990: synonym of Falsilunatia benthicola (Dell, 1990)

Bulbus carcellesi Dell, 1990: synonym of Falsilunatia carcellesi (Dell, 1990)

Bulbus flavus (Gould, 1839): synonym of Bulbus smithii T. Brown, 1839

Bulbus globosus (Jeffreys, 1885): synonym of Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792)

Bulbus incurvus Dunker, 1852 : synonym of Rapa incurva (Dunker, 1852)

Bulbus scotianus Dell, 1990 Dell, 1990 : synonym of Falsilunatia scotiana (Dell, 1990)

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