This species has been observed on Reunion and Mayotte Islands
Unassigned Heterobranchia
Superfamily : Acteonoidea
Family :
Bullinidae
Distribution :
Tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific
Maximal size : 20 mm
Abundance : Seldom : on the rocky coast
Species characteristics : White animal with only two black eyes visible on the head between the headshield processes
White creamish shell with undulating axial red lines crossed with two (only one in this specimen) other spiral lines |
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Photo Hugues Flodrops
Réunion, Etang salé les bains rocky coast, less 1m, 29 November 2007, size : 15 mm
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See more about : Sightening and mating periods
Remarks :
Identification confirmed by Bill Rudman
Synonymous : (according Worms)
- Bulla lineata Gray, 1825 - Voluta ziczac Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1818
- Voluta scabra Gmelin, 1791
Bibliographic data :
Bullina lineata retains a thin operculum and is able to retract completely back into its shell.
It is found intertidally and in the shallow intertidal through most of its range but at the temperate extremes it is usually found subtidally (Japan, New Zealand).
Rudman (1971, 1972) suggested that the similarity of its foregut anatomy to that of Hydatina made it reasonable to assume that Bullina eats polychaete worms. Taylor (1986) reported the remains of sedentary cirriform polychaetes in the gut, which suggests that like Hydatina, they feed on cirratulid polychaetes
References :
Bill Rudman Seaslug site : Sea Slug Forum : Bullina lineata
Nudipixel Bullina lineata
Publications :
Gray, J.E., (1825). A list and description of some species of Shells not taken notice of by Lamarck. Annals of Philosophy, or Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, mechanics, and the Arts; by T.Thomson. New Series (Ed. R.Phillips), 9 : 134-140, 407-415.
Rudman, W.B. (1971) The genus Bullina (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) in New Zealand. J. Mal. Soc. Aust. 2(2) : 195-203
Rudman, W.B. (1972) Studies on the primitive opisthobranch genera Bullina Ferussac and Micromelo Pilsbry. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 51(2) : 105-19, 8 figs
Taylor, J.D. (1986) Diets of sand living predatory gastropods at Piti Bay, Guam. Asian Marine Biology, 3 : 47-58
Other photos of Bullina lineata :
Hugues Flodrops
Réunion, Etang salé les bains on the rocky coast, 2 m, 6 December 2007, Size : 18 mm
Specimen with a more classical pattern : two
red spiral line
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Hugues Flodrops
Réunion, Etang salé les bains on the rocky coast, 2 m, 18 December 2007during the night, Size : 15-20 mm
The white spawn of this species similar to Micromelon undata spawn.
Specimen with a more classical pattern : two red spiral line
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Christophe Cadet
Réunion, Etang salé les bains on the rocky coast, 1 m, 13 September 2009, Size : 12 mm
The black spots visible on the head, are the two eyes
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Florence Trentin
Réunion, 1 November 2016
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Remy Eudeline
Mayotte, Sakouli lagoon, less 1 m, 16 November 2017
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More photos from Indian Ocean
Reunion, Bullina lineata spawning event, at Etang salé, by Christophe Cadet
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