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Bullia digitalis Dillwyn, 1817

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Nassariidae - Nassa Mud Snails »  genus Bullia

Scientific synonyms

Bullia almo Bartsch, 1915

Images

Bullia digitalis

Author: Jan Delsing

Bullia digitalis

Author: Bartsch, P.

Bullia digitalis

Author: Marais, A. P. & Seccombe, A. D.

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Description

As Bullia almo
Shell broadly elongate-conic. Nuclear whorls a little more than one, white, well rounded, smooth. Postnuclear whorls light orange, marked with a strong sloping shoulder which extends over the posterior two-fifths of the whorls between the sutures, the anterior limit of the shoulder forming a decided angle. Surface of the shell marked by numerous, slightly retractive axial lines of growth and fine, incised, spiral lines; the latter are chiefly confined to the sloping shoulder, only two or three extend anterior to this. The incised lines on the shoulders increase in number from the early whorls to the last. They are of irregular size and spacing. About a dozen strong ones, and about half as many less strong, occur upon the shoulder of the last turn. Aperture large, channeled anteriorly. Posterior angle acute; outer lip thin; columella sigmoid; parietal wall glazed with a thin callus.
The type, Cat. No. 250446, U.S.N.M., comes from Port Alfred (Coll. No. 1319). It has 8,5 postnuclear whorls, and measures: Length, 22 mm.; diameter, 9 mm.
Bartsch, P., 1915. Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Bullia digitalis Dillwyn, 1817]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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