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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Bulloidea (Superfamily) > Bullidae (Family)
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  • Family: Bullidae

  • Bulla quoyii Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843
    Height 66mm, Width 37mm
    Brown Bubble Shell, Marine, Presence of spiral striations around base
    North Island and Kermadec Islands
    KAC
  • Bulla vernicosa Gould, 1859
    Height 32mm, Width 20mm
    Subtropical Bubble Shell, Marine, More solid than B.quoyi, outer lip is flattened. No spiral grooves on the base
    Northland east coast. Also Japan, Australia, Fiji, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands
    KA
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil