Bulla gouldiana
Bulla gouldiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Cephalaspidea |
Superfamily: | Bulloidea |
Family: | Bullidae |
Genus: | Bulla |
Species: | B. gouldiana |
Binomial name | |
Bulla gouldiana Pilsbry, 1895 [1] | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Bulla nebulosa Gould, 1850 |
Bulla gouldiana, the California bubble, Gould’s bubble or cloudy bubble snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bullidae, the bubble snails. It is found in shallow water on sheltered coasts of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Description
Bulla gouldiana has a semi-transparent, paper-thin, globose shell that is brown or pale violet. The head, mantle and foot are yellowish-brown with mottled whitish dots. The aperture is wide anteriorly and narrow posteriorly. The egg mass is a yellow to orange tangled string of jelly, containing oval capsules. Each one contains up to 25 eggs, which develop into veliger larvae.[2][3]
Distribution
Bulla gouldiana is found in shallow water in estuaries and sheltered bays down to depths of 10 m (33 ft) on the western coast of America from California to Ecuador.[2]
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, Philippe (2014). "Bulla gouldiana Pilsbry, 1895". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- 1 2 Malaquias, Manuel A. E.; Reid, David G. (2008). "Systematic revision of the living species of Bullidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a molecular phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 153 (3): 453–543. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00369.x.
- ↑ Ricketts, Edward Flanders (1985). Between Pacific Tides. Stanford University Press. pp. 362–363. ISBN 9780804720687.