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Taxonomy
Family:
APLUSTRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Acteonoidea (Superfamily)
> Aplustridae (Family)
> Bullina (Genus)
> cf. lauta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bullinula G.B. Sowerby II, 1839
=Perbullina Iredale, 1929
Images: Bullina cf. lauta Pease, 1860
Washed up at Tutukaka, Northland, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
APLUSTRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Acteonoidea (Superfamily)
> Aplustridae (Family)
> Bullina (Genus)
> cf. lauta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bullinula G.B. Sowerby II, 1839
=Perbullina Iredale, 1929
Details: Bullina cf. lauta Pease, 1860
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 11mm
Distribution:
North Island, Cavalli Islands. Also Hawaii
Type Data:
  • Hawaiian Islands, USA, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine
Description:
More heavily calcified than Bullina lineata, with many more axial red lines

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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.270)
  • Gardner, N.W. Dec/1977 Bullina from northern New Zealand, Poirieria, 9(3) (p.48)
  • Rudman, W.B. 1971 The Genus Bullina (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) in New Zealand, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 2(2) (p.200)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil