Bulla quoyii

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Bulla quoyii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Opisthobranchia
Suborder: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Bulloidea
Family: Bullidae
Genus: Bulla
Species: B. quoyii
Binomial name
Bulla quoyii
Gray, 1943

Bulla quoyii, or the brown bubble snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bullidae, the bubble snails.

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[edit] Range of distribution

This species is endemic to southern Australia, and the North Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This species is common on intertidal mudflats in sheltered situations. It is associated with eel grass.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is moderately large, ovate-cylindrical, of light yellowish-brown and densely marbled in reddish-brown. The distinguishing features are the elongated shape without a median outer lip concavity, presence of spiral striations around the base, and a moderately wide apical cavity showing spiralling of the suture within.

The shell height is up to 48 mm, and the width is up to 29 mm.

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