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Molluscs of Tasmania

Bullinidae: Bullina lineata (Gray, 1825) (‘lined bubble-shell’)

Synonym(s): lineata Gray, 1825.

Typical shell-length 12 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on sand and mud in sheltered environments. Native. Occurs all around Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA, WA and NT); also elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Acteonoidea
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Bullinidae
Genus: Bullina

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