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Bulla quoyii Australian Bubble Snail, Brown Bubble Shell

Bulla quoyii is commonly referred to as Australian Bubble Snail, Brown Bubble Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Bulla quoyii, Northland, New Zealand 2021


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
14515 
AphiaID:
510438 
Scientific:
Bulla quoyii 
German:
Australische Blasenschnecke, Braune Blasenschnecke 
English:
Australian Bubble Snail, Brown Bubble Shell 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Bullidae (Family) > Bulla (Genus) > quoyii (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gray, 1843 
Occurrence:
Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), New Zealand, Tasmania (Australia), the Kermadec Islands 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 1.97" (1cm - 5,5cm) 
Temperature:
14,8 °F - 22,9 °F (14,8°C - 22,9°C) 
Food:
Detritus 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-01-31 19:58:33 

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Bulla quoyii Gray, 1843

Bulla quoyii is a sea slug belonging to the family of Bullidae, the bubble snails or bubble shells. Bubble snails are mostly nocturnal and can be found on shallow, sandy coasts. Bulla snails are herbivores which feed on green algae and detritus. They bury themselves in mud when the tide is out.

The Australian Bubble snail have a thin, yellowish-brown shell. The color of the periostracum varies from greenish to orange. This bubble snail is an detritus feeder.

Synonymised names:
Bulla australis Gray, 1825 (Invalid: junior homonym of Bulla australis Férussac, 1822)
Bulla australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (Invalid: junior homonym of Bulla australis Férussac, 1822, and B. australis Gray, 1825)
Bulla botanica (Hedley, 1918) (Nom. nov. pro Bulla australis Gray, 1825, non Férussac, 1822)
Bulla castanea A. Adams, 1850
Bulla dubiosa Mabille, 1896
Bulla oblonga A. Adams, 1850
Bulla substriata Menke, 1853
Bulla tenuissima G. B. Sowerby II, 1868
Bullaria botanica Hedley, 1918
Quibulla botanica (Hedley, 1918)
Quibulla quoyii (Gray, 1843)

External links

  1. Molluscs of Tasmania (en). Abgerufen am 20.02.2022.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 20.02.2022.

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Bulla quoyii,Bucklands Beach, Auckland, Nueva Zelanda 2023
Bulla quoyii, Northland, New Zealand 2021
Bulla quoyii, Northland, New Zealand 2021

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