WoRMS taxon details
Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791)
225369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225369)
accepted
Species
Buccinum laevigatum Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Buccinum laevissimum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Bullia (Bullia) laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Bullia sowerbyi W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Columbella laevigata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Buccinum laevissimum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225369 on 2026-01-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum laevigatum Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 2 (reference to pl. 400 fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Buccinum laevissimum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Bullia sowerbyi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 60, pl. 14, sp. 444. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
page(s): 2 (reference to pl. 400 fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Buccinum laevissimum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Bullia sowerbyi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 60, pl. 14, sp. 444. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. Pp. 138-173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | fat plough shell | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Buccinum laevigatum Lamarck, 1816)
To Malacopics (Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, at 15 m dep...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Buccinum laevigatum Lamarck, 1816)
To Malacopics (Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, at 15 m dep...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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