Bulla ampulla, Pacific blue snail
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Bulla ampulla   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pacific blue snail

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Cephalaspidea | Bullidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 165 m (Ref. 107300).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific, Southeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 844)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Assumed maximum length from Ref. 844. A strictly herbivorous species that is common on rocky reefs (Ref. 844), and always found around soft silt or mud in where it is usually buried (Ref. 866) during the day (Ref. 107294); common in deep rock pools and tidal swimming pools (Ref. 866). Nocturnal. Emerges at night to feed on seaweeds and grasses (Ref. 107294).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Cephalaspidea are mostly simultaneous hermaphrodites.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Debelius, H. 2001 Nudibranchs and sea snails: Indo-Pacific field guide. Unterwasserarchiv, IKAN, frankfurt, Germany, 3rd ed. 321 pp. (Ref. 844)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.7 - 29, mean 27.5 (based on 986 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.