Bullina lineata

Red-lined bubble snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Aplustridae
Genus:	Bullina
Species:	B. lineata
Binomial name
	Bullina lineata; Gray, 1825

Bullina lineata, common name the red-lined bubble snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplustridae.^[1]

Description

This snail has a milky-white mantle with iridescent blue edges. There are small black eyes on the head between the head shield processes. The shell has a white background with horizontally spiraling red brown bands which are crossed by vertical bands in the same color. The length is 15 to 25 mm.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the sublittoral zone of the Indo-Pacific from Japan to Australia and New Zealand.^[3]^[4]

Ecology

These snails are primarily found in coral reefs and rocky shores in the Indo-West Pacific.^[5]

The red-lined bubble snail has a diet consisting of Polychaete worms, found in sand patches on rock platforms^[6].

Conservation Status

This species is found sporadically, but has not been evaluated by IUCN.^[6]

References

↑ Bullina lineata (Gray, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
↑ Nieuwenhuizen, Peter van (2024-04-28). "Bullina lineata: The Red-Lined Bubble Snail". Friends of the Jeffreys Bay Shell Museum. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
↑ Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
↑ Margaret Morley (2004), A Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand, Illustrator: Iain A Anderson, New Holland Publishers, Wikidata Q115391200
↑ Oskars, Trond R.; Malaguias, Manuel Antonio E. (November 2020). "Systematic revision of the Indo-West Pacific colourful bubble-snails of the genus Lamprohaminoea Habe, 1952 (Cephalaspidea : Haminoeidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
1 2 Edgar, GJ. "Bullina lineata". Reef Life Survey. Reef Species of the World. Retrieved 2 January 2026.

External links

SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson, T.E.; Bebbington, A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.
Photos of Bullina lineata in the Sealife Collection

[WoRMS-1] Bullina lineata (Gray, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.

[2] Nieuwenhuizen, Peter van (2024-04-28). "Bullina lineata: The Red-Lined Bubble Snail". Friends of the Jeffreys Bay Shell Museum. Retrieved 2025-09-16.

[3] Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.

[4] Margaret Morley (2004), A Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand, Illustrator: Iain A Anderson, New Holland Publishers, Wikidata Q115391200

[5] Oskars, Trond R.; Malaguias, Manuel Antonio E. (November 2020). "Systematic revision of the Indo-West Pacific colourful bubble-snails of the genus Lamprohaminoea Habe, 1952 (Cephalaspidea : Haminoeidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. Retrieved January 2, 2026.

[:0-6] 1 2 Edgar, GJ. "Bullina lineata". Reef Life Survey. Reef Species of the World. Retrieved 2 January 2026.

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