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Bulla mabillei Locard, 1897

caracol burbuja, caracol burbuja jaspeado, Mottled bubble snail

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Cephalaspidea

Superfamily
Bulloidea

Family
Bullidae

Genus
Bulla

Species
mabillei

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Bulla angasi Pilsbry, 1895, Bulla cruentata A. Adams, 1850, Bulla punctata A. Adams in Sowerby, 1868 (Invalid: junior homonym of Bulla punctata Schröter, 1804), Bulla solida A. Adams in Sowerby, 1868, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Bulla mabillei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14829. Accessed 6 November 2026.