Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Gastropoda - (Order) Opisthobranchia - (Family) Bullidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Bullidae (Family) Gray, 1827

Original entries

Bulla achatina Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla amplustre Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla canaliculata Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla fontinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla hydatis Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla hypnorum Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla lignaria Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla naucum Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla ovum Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla pallida Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla physis Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla spelta Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla volva Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Bullidae (Family) Gray, 1827

Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 341.

Alternative positions

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1181.

Historical positions

Bullidae (Family) Gray, 1827	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 341.
Bullidae (Family) Gray, 1827	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 199.
Bullidae (Family) Gray, 1827	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 211.
Cephalaspidea (Order) Fischer, 1883	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Opisthobranchia (Subclass) Milne-Edwards, 1848	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Bullidae (Family) Gray, 1827	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 364.
Bullidae (Family) Gray, 1827	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1025; 969.
Cephalaspidea (Order) Fischer, 1883	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1181.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 725. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[23s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[23s]