Bullastra lessoni

southern bubble pond snail
Shell of Bullastra lessoni (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Lymnaeidae
Genus:	Bullastra
Species:	B. lessoni
Binomial name
Bullastra lessoni Deshayes, 1831
Synonyms
Amphipeplea iuvolutaSchmeltz, 1869 Amphipeplea melbournensisL.Pfeiffer, 1856 Amphipeplea strangeiL.Pfeiffer, 1854 Austropeplea lessoni(Deshayes, 1831) Limnaea affinisKüster, 1862 Limnaea cumingii G.B.Sowerby II, 1872 Limnaea lessoniDeshayes, 1830 Limnaea perlevisConrad, 1850 Limnaea spirulataG.B.Sowerby II, 1872 Limnaeus affinisKüster, 1862 Limnea lessoniDeshayes, 1831 Lymnaea lessoniDeshayes, 1831 Lymnea perlevisConrad, 1850 Peplimnea lessoni(Deshayes, 1830) Peplimnea lessoni subsp. themaIredale, 1944 Peplimnea opimaIredale, 1944 Peplimnea spirigerIredale, 1944

Bullastra lessoni, the southern bubble pond snail, is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Lymnaeidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 20 mm.

(Original description) The shell has an ovate-ventricose shape. It is globose, translucent, exceedingly fragile, somewhat striated, greenish.The spire is short and acute. The large aperture is oval. The outer lip is simple and acute. The columella is twisted. ^[2]

Distribution

It is found in Australia amongst aquatic plants in slow flowing rivers, ponds, dams and billabongs. A globose, thin shelled snail, sometimes seeing floating foot-uppermost on the surface of freshwater. Its food is algae and detritus. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Bullastra lessoni Deshayes, 1831) . 16 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Deshayes, G.P. (1831). "Limnée Lesson. Limnea [sic] lessoni". Magasin de Zoologie. 1 (16): 16. Retrieved 16 April 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. "Bullastra lessoni (Deshayes, 1831)". GBIF. 12 April 2025.
4. "Bullastra lessoni". Australian Freshwater Molluscs. 12 April 2025.