# Bullina lineata

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{{short description|Species of sea snail}}
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{{speciesbox
|name = Red-lined bubble snail
|image = Bullina Lineata.jpg
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|taxon = Bullina lineata
|authority = [Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1825
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'''''Bullina lineata''''', [common name](/source/common_name) the '''red-lined bubble snail''', is a [species](/source/species) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Aplustridae](/source/Aplustridae).<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|212841|''Bullina lineata'' (Gray, 1825)||8 January 2019}}</ref>

thumb|A live ''Bullina lineata''

==Description==
This snail has a milky-white [mantle](/source/mantle_(mollusc)) with iridescent blue edges. There are small black eyes on the head between the head shield processes. The [shell](/source/gastropod_shell) has a white background with horizontally spiraling red brown bands which are crossed by vertical bands in the same color. The length is 15 to 25&nbsp;mm.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nieuwenhuizen |first=Peter van |date=2024-04-28 |title=''Bullina lineata'': The Red-Lined Bubble Snail |url=https://jeffreysbayshellmuseum.wordpress.com/2024/04/28/bullina-lineata-the-red-lined-bubble-snail/ |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=Friends of the Jeffreys Bay Shell Museum |language=en}}</ref>

==Distribution==
This species occurs in the [sublittoral](/source/sublittoral) zone of the [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific) from Japan to Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite book|author=Powell A. W. B.|author-link=Arthur William Baden Powell|title=New Zealand Mollusca|publisher= [William Collins Publishers Ltd](/source/HarperCollins)|location= Auckland, New Zealand |year=1979 |isbn=0-00-216906-1}}</ref><ref>{{citeq|Q115391200}}</ref>

==Ecology==
These snails are primarily found in coral reefs and rocky shores in the Indo-West Pacific.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oskars |first=Trond R. |last2=Malaguias |first2=Manuel Antonio E. |date=November 2020 |title=Systematic revision of the Indo-West Pacific colourful bubble-snails of the genus Lamprohaminoea Habe, 1952 (Cephalaspidea : Haminoeidae) |url=https://connectsci.au/is/article-abstract/34/7/727/66969/Systematic-revision-of-the-Indo-West-Pacific?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date=January 2, 2026 |website=Invertebrate Systematics}}</ref>

The red-lined bubble snail has a diet consisting of [Polychaete](/source/Polychaete) worms, found in sand patches on rock platforms<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Edgar |first1=GJ |title=''Bullina lineata'' |url=https://reeflifesurvey.com/species/bullina-lineata/ |website=Reef Life Survey |publisher=Reef Species of the World |access-date=2 January 2026}}</ref>.

==Conservation Status==

This species is found sporadically, but has not been evaluated by [IUCN](/source/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature).<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Malacologia14radula}}
* {{sealifephotos|212841}}

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Category:Aplustridae
Category:Gastropods described in 1822
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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