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Taxonomy
Family:
BULLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Bulloidea (Superfamily)
> Bullidae (Family)
> Bulla (Genus)
> vernicosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulla (Quibulla) Iredale, 1929
=Bullaria Rafinesque, 1815
=Quibulla Iredale, 1929
=Vesica Swainson, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla (Quibulla) subtropicalis Powell, 1965
=Bulla angasi of authors not Pilsbry
=Bulla conspersa Pease, 1869
=Bulla difficilis Habe, 1950
=Bulla ovula G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
=Bulla ovulum Gould, 1867
=Bulla secunda Mabille, 1896
=Bulla subaustralis Mabille, 1896
=Bulla subtropicalis Powell, 1965
=Quibulla scotti Iredale, 1937
Images: Bulla vernicosa Gould, 1859
Dead, on sand flats, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. 32mm
In beach drift, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 19mm
Hermit crab in sandy pool at low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 24mm
Taxonomy
Family:
BULLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Bulloidea (Superfamily)
> Bullidae (Family)
> Bulla (Genus)
> vernicosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulla (Quibulla) Iredale, 1929
=Bullaria Rafinesque, 1815
=Quibulla Iredale, 1929
=Vesica Swainson, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla (Quibulla) subtropicalis Powell, 1965
=Bulla angasi of authors not Pilsbry
=Bulla conspersa Pease, 1869
=Bulla difficilis Habe, 1950
=Bulla ovula G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
=Bulla ovulum Gould, 1867
=Bulla secunda Mabille, 1896
=Bulla subaustralis Mabille, 1896
=Bulla subtropicalis Powell, 1965
=Quibulla scotti Iredale, 1937
Details: Bulla vernicosa Gould, 1859
Size/Grows to:
Height 32mm, Width 20mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast. Also Japan, Australia, Fiji, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Subtropical Bubble Shell, Marine, More solid than B.quoyi, outer lip is flattened. No spiral grooves on the base
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.57)
  • Raven, J.L. Nov/2009 Interesting finds around Wellington, Cookia, 21 (p.22)
  • Malaquias, M.A.E., Reid, D.G. 2008 Systematic revision of the living species of Bullidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a molecular phylogenetic analysis, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 153(3) (p.527)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.231)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.275)
  • Willan, R.C. 1978 The nomenclature of three Pacific Bulla species, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 4(1) (p.60)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1965 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 5, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(2) (p.167)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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