Bullina lineata
| Bullina lineata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Bullinidae |
| 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 Bullinidae.
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.
Distribution
This species occurs in the sublittoral zone of the Indo-Pacific from Japan to Australia and New Zealand.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ↑ Morley, M. S., Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand, New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd, 2004 ISBN 1-86966-044-7
External links
- SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson; Bebbington (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia 14: 147–165.
- "Bullina lineata". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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