Bulla quoyii Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843Species Images
Parengarenga Harbour, Far North. 53mm
The common Bubble Shell. 36mm
Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. Alive in shallow sany rock pools at low tide. 30-40mm
Crawling on seaweed at low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 10mm
Alive in shallow rock pools at low tide. Far North, NZ. 15mm
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Bulla quoyii Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843
Classification:
Family:
BULLIDAE
Size/Grows to:
Height 66mm, Width 37mm
Distribution:
North Island and Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
KAC
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.57)
- Malaquias, M.A.E., Reid, D.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) (p.524)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.275)
- Willan, R.C. 1978 The nomenclature of three Pacific Bulla species, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 4(1) (p.58)
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
