Bulla quoyii

Taxobox
name = "Bulla quoyii"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Cephalaspidea
superfamilia = Bulloidea
familia = Bullidae
genus = "Bulla"
species = "B. quoyii"
binomial = "Bulla quoyii"
binomial_authority = 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.

Range of distribution

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

Habitat

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

hell 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.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* Glen Pownall, "New Zealand Shells and Shellfish", Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467-054-8
* [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=bullquoy SeaslugForum]