World Register of Deep-Sea species - Bulbus T. Brown, 1839

Deep-Sea taxon details

Bulbus T. Brown, 1839

AphiaID

138237 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138237)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Polinicinae J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Bulbus T. Brown, 1839

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Species Bulbus benthicolus Dell, 1990 accepted as Falsilunatia benthicola (Dell, 1990) (original combination)
Species Bulbus carcellesi Dell, 1990 accepted as Falsilunatia carcellesi (Dell, 1990)
Species Bulbus globosus (Jeffreys, 1885) accepted as Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Semicassis saburon (Bruguière, 1792) (based on a larval shell of a cassid)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515
page(s): 94, 103 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bulbus T. Brown, 1839. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138237 on 2026-08-12

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bulbus T. Brown, 1839. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138237 on 2026-08-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

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Wambiji, Nina

2011-09-24 21:59:23Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-10-24 14:39:52Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-10-26 03:51:05Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-11-18 08:40:49Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515
page(s): 94, 103 [details]

taxonomy source Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]