Bulla quoyii Gray 1843

Bulla quoyii, or the brown bubble snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bullidae, the bubble snails.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 and 55 mm. The thin, yellowish-brown shell has an elongated to ovate-quadrangular shape and shows anterior spiral grooves. The shell is wider on the front side. The white aperture becomes narrower at its top. The spire contains six or seven whorls with raised striae. The lip is pale brown. The columella is white. The color of the periostracum varies from greenish to orange.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Island of New Zealand and southern Australia, northern Tasmania, and the Kermadec Islands.

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 0-85467-054-8
• SeaslugForum

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Bulla quoyii es una especie de molusco gasterópodo de la familia Bullidae.

Distribución geográfica

Se encuentra en la Isla Norte de Nueva Zelanda y el sur de Australia

Referencias

• Arthur William Baden Powell, 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 0-85467-054-8
• SeaslugForum

Bulla quoyii is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Bullidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1843 door Gray.