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Taxonomy
Family:
BULLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Bulloidea (Superfamily)
> Bullidae (Family)
> Bulla (Genus)
> quoyii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulla (Quibulla) Iredale, 1929
=Bullaria Rafinesque, 1815
=Quibulla Iredale, 1929
=Vesica Swainson, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla australis Gray, 1825
=Bulla botanica (Hedley, 1918)
=Bulla castanea A. Adams, 1850
=Bulla dubiosa Mabille, 1896
=Bulla oblonga A. Adams, 1850
=Bulla substriata Menke, 1853
=Bulla tenuissima G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
=Bullaria botanica Hedley, 1918
=Quibulla botanica (Hedley, 1918)
=Quibulla quoyii (Gray, 1843)
Images: Bulla quoyii Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843
Parengarenga Harbour, Far North. 53mm. © rights reserved
On sea grass, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. 36mm. © rights reserved
Alive in shallow sandy rock pools at low tide. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 30-40mm. © rights reserved
Crawling on seaweed at low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 10mm. © rights reserved
Alive in shallow rock pools at low tide. Far North, NZ. 15mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
BULLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Bulloidea (Superfamily)
> Bullidae (Family)
> Bulla (Genus)
> quoyii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulla (Quibulla) Iredale, 1929
=Bullaria Rafinesque, 1815
=Quibulla Iredale, 1929
=Vesica Swainson, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla australis Gray, 1825
=Bulla botanica (Hedley, 1918)
=Bulla castanea A. Adams, 1850
=Bulla dubiosa Mabille, 1896
=Bulla oblonga A. Adams, 1850
=Bulla substriata Menke, 1853
=Bulla tenuissima G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
=Bullaria botanica Hedley, 1918
=Quibulla botanica (Hedley, 1918)
=Quibulla quoyii (Gray, 1843)
Details: Bulla quoyii Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843
Size/Grows to:
Height 66mm, Width 37mm
Distribution:
Australia and New Zealand. North-eastern North Island as far south as Houhora Harbour, from 0m
Notes:
Brown Bubble Shell, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Intertidal
Description:
Presence of spiral striations around base

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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)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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