Bulla macfadyeni Cox 1935 (snail)

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae

Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1935. Jurassic Gastropoda and Lamellibranchia. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 148-197

Belongs to Bulla according to L. R. Cox 1935

Sister taxa: Bulla (Bulla), Bulla (Tornatina), Bulla ampulla, Bulla arenasia, Bulla argosensis, Bulla assimilata, Bulla cantuaensis, Bulla clathrata, Bulla coclis, Bulla conica, Bulla conulus, Bulla coronata, Bulla crassiplica, Bulla cylindrica, Bulla cylindroides, Bulla globulus, Bulla gouldiana, Bulla infundibulum, Bulla laevis, Bulla lignaria, Bulla minuta, Bulla ovulata, Bulla plicata, Bulla punctulata, Bulla reussi, Bulla semistriata, Bulla stampinensis, Bulla striata, Bulla striatella, Bulla subampulla, Bulla vernicosa, Bulla verrucosa, Bulla volva

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bihendula, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bihendula

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