Bullina lineata

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Red-lined bubble snail
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Aplustridae
Genus: Bullina
Species:
B. lineata
Binomial name
Bullina lineata
Férussac, 1822

Bullina lineata, common name the red-lined bubble snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplustridae. [1]

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A live Bullina lineata

Description

This snail has a milky-white mantle with iridescent blue edges. There are small black eyes on the head between the head shield processes. The shell has a white background with horizontally spiraling red brown bands which are crossed by vertical bands in the same color. The length is 15 to 25 mm. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the sublittoral zone of the Indo-Pacific from Japan to Australia and New Zealand. [3] [4]

References

  1. Bullina lineata (Gray, 1825) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 January 2019.
  2. Nieuwenhuizen, Author Peter van (2024-04-28). "Bullina Lineata: The Red-Lined Bubble Snail". Friends of the Jeffreys Bay Shell Museum. Retrieved 2025-09-16.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  3. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  4. Margaret Morley (2004). A Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand. Illustrator: Iain A Anderson. New Holland Publishers. ISBN   978-1-86966-044-4. OCLC   56646921. Wikidata   Q115391200.