Scaphander lignarius

Woody canoe-bubble
	Live animal, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Scaphandridae
Genus:	Scaphander
Species:	S. lignarius
Binomial name
	Scaphander lignarius; (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
	Assula convolutaSchumacher, 1817; Bulla lignaria Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym);

Last updated August 18, 2025

Scaphander lignarius, common name the woody canoe-bubble, is a species of sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Scaphandridae, the canoe-bubbles.^[1]

Distribution

This species is found in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

1 2 WoRMS : Scaphander lignarius accessed : 13 October 2010]

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 WoRMS : Scaphander lignarius accessed : 13 October 2010]

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