Bullina lineata

Taxobox
name = "Bullina lineata"

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status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Cephalaspidea
superfamilia = Acteonoidea
familia = Bullidae
genus = "Bullina"
species = "B. lineata"
binomial = "Bullina lineata"
binomial_authority = Ferussac, 1822

"Bullina lineata", or the red-lined bubble snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bullidae, the bubble snails.

Range of distribution

This species is endemic to the Indo-Pacific oceans.

Habitat

This species is found in shallow water on fine sandy bottoms, to depths of up to 40 m.

hell description

The shell is small and fragile, with a large body whorl and a short spire. There is a thin yellow periostracum although the the animal cannot fully retract into the shell.

Coloration consists of two widely spaced narrow spiral lines around the middle of the body whorl, crossed by thin wavy widely spaced axial lines. Both the spral and the axial lines are bright scarlet, on a white background.

The shell height is up to 23 mm, and the width is up to 13 mm.

Life habits

The animal is blue, the foot and headshield bordered with iridescent greenish-blue.

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