Euprotomus bulla

Euprotomus bulla
	Euprotomus bulla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Euprotomus
Species:	E. bulla
Binomial name
	Euprotomus bulla; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Lambis bulla Röding, 1798 (basionym); Strombus bulla (Röding, 1798); Strombus laevis Perry, G., 1811; Strombus guttatus "Martini, F.H.W." Reeve, L.A., 1843;

Euprotomus bulla, common name : the Bubble Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 48 mm and 90 mm.

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Indonesia, the Ryukyus (Japan) and Samoa.

^ ^a ^b Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2010). Euprotomus bulla (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478529 on 27 June 2010 .

Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong

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