Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative spelling: Buccinum (Bullia)
Parent taxon: Nassariidae according to M. Harzhauser and O. Mandic 2001
See also Harris and Palmer 1947, Kensley 1972, Kensley and Pether 1986, Martin 1879, Sepkoski 2002 and Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
Sister taxa: Amyclina, Bathynassa, Bulliinae, Bulliopsis, Colwellia, Cyllene, Cylleninae, Dorsaninae, Engoniophos, Ilyanassa, Leptarius, Molopophorus, Nassaria, Nassariinae, Pallacera, Phrontis, Profundinassa, Pseudostrombus, Psilarius, Sudonassarius, Tritia
Subtaxa: Buccinum (Bullia) simplex Bullia (Buccinanops) Bullia altilis Bullia annulata Bullia buccinoides Bullia hungarica Bullia laevissima
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Argentina (7), Brazil (1), India (1), Mozambique (1), Namibia (6), South Africa (7), Spain (1), Uruguay (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of Pakistan (1), South Africa (6), United States (1: Oregon)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Indonesia (1), South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (3), Canada (1: British Columbia), Hungary (3)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Indonesia (1), United States (73: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (13: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas)
Total: 138 collections including 171 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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