Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bulla punctulata
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cephalaspidea
Superfamily
Bulloidea
Family
Bullidae
Genus
Bulla
Species
punctulata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Bulla rufolabris A. Adams, 1850, Bulla aspersa A. Adams, 1850, Bulla punctata A. Adams, 1850 (Mispelling of B. punctulata; and junior homonym of Bulla punctata Schröter, 1804), Bulla quoyi Gray in A. Adams, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Bulla quoyi Gray, 1843), Bulla rufolabris A. Adams, 1850, fide (Horton et al., 2021 & Appeltans et al., 2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Bulla punctulata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14830. Accessed 6 November 2026.