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Bulbus
Bulbus fragilis shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Bulbus T. Brown, 1839
Type species
Bulbus smithii T. Brown, 1839
Synonyms
Acrybia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

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)

References

1. Brown T. (1839). Proc. geol. Soc. Lond. 3: 119.
2. ^ Bulbus T. Brown, 1839. WoRMS (2009). Bulbus Brown, 1839. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138237 on 16 June 2010 .
3. Bulbus fragilis (Leach, 1819). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
4. Bulbus smithii Brown, 1839. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
5. Bulbus benthicolus Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
6. Bulbus carcellesi Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
7. Bulbus scotianus Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls

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