Dorsanum miran, the Moroccan bullia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Dorsanum miran (Bruguiere, 1799) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Dorsanum |
| Species: | D. miran
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| Binomial name | |
| Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 20 mm and 30 mm
The shell is ovate, conical, and very pointed at its summit. It is smooth, shining, and of a bluish white or yellow color. The elongated spire is formed of eight slightly convex whorls. The sutures are edged with a yellow border, and a little beneath with another violet band: These two zones are much more perceptible upon the lower whorl. The upper whorls are often longitudinally plaited. The epidermis is thin and greenish. The smooth aperture is yellowish. The columella is slightly elongated, twisted at its extremity, and provided outwardly, at its origin, with two keels. The first is continued as far as the edge of the right lip, and the second terminates at the emargination, which is very apparent. The outer lip is very thin, sharp and fragile.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco, Senegal and Angola.
References
edit- ^ a b Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.
- ^ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum politum Lamarck, 1822)
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
- Allmon W.D., 1990 [12 December]. Review of the Bullia group (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) with comments on its evolution, biogeography, and phylogeny. Bulletins of American Paleontology 99(335): 179 pp., 15 pls
External links
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- "Bullia miran". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
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