Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
Alternative combinations: Bullaria striata, Bullus striatus
Synonyms: Bulla (Bulla) occidentalis Adams 1850, Bulla occidentalis Adams 1850, Bullaria occidentalis Adams 1850
Belongs to Bulla according to J. R DuBar 1958
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hanna 1926, Hendy et al. 2008 and Petuch and Roberts 2007
Sister taxa: Bulla (Bulla), Bulla (Tornatina), Bulla ampulla, Bulla arenasia, Bulla argosensis, Bulla assimilata, Bulla cantuaensis, Bulla clathrata, Bulla coclis, Bulla conica, Bulla conulus, Bulla coronata, Bulla crassiplica, Bulla cylindrica, Bulla cylindroides, Bulla globulus, Bulla gouldiana, Bulla infundibulum, Bulla laevis, Bulla lignaria, Bulla macfadyeni, Bulla minima, Bulla minuta, Bulla mortoni, Bulla ovulata, Bulla plicata, Bulla punctulata, Bulla reussi, Bulla semistriata, Bulla stampinensis, Bulla striatella, Bulla subampulla, Bulla vernicosa, Bulla verrucosa, Bulla volva
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (4 collections), Bermuda (3), Brazil (1), Cayman Islands (3), Colombia (1), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (7), Jamaica (2), Panama (1), United States (20: Florida), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (4), United States (4: California), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (8: Florida)
Total: 66 collections including 69 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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