Bacula (gastropod)
| Bacula | |
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| Shell of Bacula striolata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Bacula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Bacula striolata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Subeulima Souverbie, 1875 | |
Bacula is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eulimidae.[1]
General characteristics
(Original description in Latin) The shell is awl‑shaped and club‑like, without an umbilicus. It is twisted and solid, and the entire surface is marked by transverse striae. The aperture is ovate, entire anteriorly, and somewhat produced forward. The inner lip is thickened and callous, while the outer lip is simple, with a sharp margin that is slightly produced in its middle part.
In its subulate form and tortuosity this little genus resembles Eulima, all the species of which, however, are glabrous or polished. In Bacula the whorls are transversely striated, and the inner lip is circumscribed and callous.[2]
Species
There are three known species within the genus Bacula:
- Bacula kajiyamai (T. Habe, 1961)
- Bacula morisyuichiroi (T. Habe, 1968)
- Bacula striolata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863
- Synonyms
- Bacula lamberti (Souverbie, 1875): synonym of Bacula striolata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863
References
- 1 2 H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863. Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 31. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536944 on 2013-02-11.
- ↑ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1863). "Descriptions of five new genera of Mollusca". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (11): 18. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
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External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Souverbie, M.J. (1875). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien (22e article)". Journal de Conchyliologie. 23 (4): 296. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Warén, A. (1984). "A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. suppl. 13: 31.