Bulla ampulla   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pacific blue snail

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Bulla ampulla

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Cephalaspidea | Bullidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; rango de profundidad 0 - 165 m (Ref. 107300).  Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Indo-Pacific, Southeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 844)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. 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 Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Members of the order Cephalaspidea are mostly simultaneous hermaphrodites.

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Debelius, H. 2001. (Ref. 844)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

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