Bulloidea

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title: "Bulloidea" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bulloidea", "cephalaspidea"] description: "Superfamily of gastropods" topic_path: "general/bulloidea" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulloidea" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Superfamily of gastropods ::

| name = Bulloidea | image = Acteocina cropped 2.png | image_caption = Acteocina sp. | taxon = Bulloidea | authority = Gray, 1827 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = See text. | diversity_ref = | diversity_link = #Families | diversity =

Bulloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks.

Families

• Acteocinidae Dall, 1913
• Bullidae Gray, 1827
• Retusidae Thiele, 1925(s.s.)
• Rhizoridae Dell, 1952 ; Families brought into synonymy:
• Bullariidae Dall, 1908: synonym of Bullidae Gray, 1827
• Vesicidae J. Q. Burch, 1945: synonym of Bullidae Gray, 1827
• Volvulellidae Chaban, 2000: synonym of Rhizoridae Dell, 1952
• Volvulidae Locard, 1886: synonym of Rhizoridae Dell, 1952

References

• Oskars T.R., Bouchet P. & Malaquias M.A. (2015). A new phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) based on expanded taxon sampling and gene markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 130-150

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2010). Bulloidea Gray, 1827. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411887 on 2016-05-23

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