Ascobulla

Ascobulla is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae.[2]

Ascobulla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Sacoglossa
clade Oxynoacea
Superfamily:
Oxynooidea
Family:
Volvatellidae
Genus:
Ascobulla

Type species
Cylindrobulla ulla Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970

Species

Species within the genus Ascobulla include:

  • Ascobulla californica (Hamatani, 1971)
  • Ascobulla fischeri (Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Ascobulla fragilis (Jeffreys, 1856)
  • Ascobulla japonica (Hamatani, 1969)
  • Ascobulla pusilla (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
  • Ascobulla souverbiei (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1874)
  • Ascobulla ulla (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970) -

References
  1. Marcus (1972). Bull. mar. Sci. 22: 286.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Ascobulla Ev. Marcus, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138663 on 2011-04-12
  • SeaSlug Forum info at:
  • Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281
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