Bulbus (gastropod)

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 <small>(Leach, 1819)</small>
• Bulbus normalis <small>(Middendorff, 1851)</small>
• Bulbus smithii <small>Brown, 1839</small>
• Bulbus striatus <small>Golikov & Sirenko, 1983</small>
• Bulbus tenuiculus <small>(G.B. Sowerby III, 1915)</small>

• Bulbus benthicolus <small>Dell, 1990</small>: synonym of Falsilunatia benthicola <small>(Dell, 1990)</small>
• Bulbus carcellesi <small>Dell, 1990</small>: synonym of Falsilunatia carcellesi <small>(Dell, 1990)</small>
• Bulbus flavus <small>(Gould, 1839)</small>: synonym of Bulbus smithii <small>T. Brown, 1839</small>
• Bulbus globosus <small>(Jeffreys, 1885)</small>: synonym of Phalium saburon <small>(Bruguière, 1792)</small>
• Bulbus incurvus <small>Dunker, 1852</small>: synonym of Rapa incurva <small>(Dunker, 1852)</small>
• Bulbus scotianus <small>Dell, 1990</small> Dell, 1990: synonym of Falsilunatia scotiana <small>(Dell, 1990)</small>

References

• 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.&nbsp;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