Bullina lineata Red-Lined Bubble Snail, Lined Bubble

Bullina lineata is commonly referred to as Red-Lined Bubble Snail, Lined Bubble. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Bullina lineata,Mitsune, Hachijo, Tokyo, JP 2025

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lexID:: 10706
AphiaID:: 212841

Scientific:: Bullina lineata
German:: Rot-Linien-Blasenschnecke
English:: Red-Lined Bubble Snail, Lined Bubble

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Aplustridae (Family) > Bullina (Genus) > lineata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gray, ), 1825

Occurrence:: Australia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, New Zealand, Réunion , Western Pacific Ocean
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 - 45 Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0.79" (0,7cm - 2,0cm)
Temperature:: 17,6 °F - 28,2 °F (17,6°C - 28,2°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Worms
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:

Bullina bruguierei
Bullina callizona
Bullina deshayesii
Bullina exquisita
Bullina lauta
Bullina lineata
Rot-Linien-Blasenschnecke
Bullina melior
Bullina nobilis
Bullina oblonga
Bullina rubeopunctata
Bullina rubropunctata
Bullina terracota
Bullina torrei
Bullina tuncatula
Bullina virgo
Bullina vitrea
Blasenschnecke

More related species in this lexicon:

Bullina sp.01
Blasenschencke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-05-09 20:05:44
Last edit:: 2025-06-03 17:50:45

Info

Bullina lineata (Gray, 1825)

Bullina lineata has two red spiral lines on the shell.Shell size is 2,0 cm in lenght. Bullina lineata, commonly known as The Lined Bubble, can be found on tidal pools, in shallow water on sandy bottom ,on algal covered rocks, and to depth of 45 m at least.

This species feeds on cirratulid polychaetes.

Synonymised names
Bulla lineata J. E. Gray, 1825 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bullinula lineata G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Voluta scabra Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (non O. F. Müller, 1784)
Voluta ziczac Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1816 · unaccepted (non Schröter, 1804)

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 03.06.2025.
Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

Bullina lineata and eggs, La Reunion 2017

Mating

Commonly

Bullina lineata,Mitsune, Hachijo, Tokyo, JP 2025

Bullina lineata 1, Red-lined Bubble Snail (Bullina lineata) from the Solitary Islands Marine Park headlands on the north coast of NSW Australia 2013

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