bubble shell
English
a bubble shell (Bulla quoyii)
Noun
bubble shell (plural bubble shells)
- Any of the headshield slugs of genus Bulla, belonging to the order Cephalaspidea of gastropods.
- (malacology) A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla (Bullidae) and certain shells of similar appearance of the now disused order Tectibranchiata of molluscs.
- Any of the family Epitoniidae (syn. Janthinidae), of pelagic sea snails.
Synonyms
- (Janthinidae): purple snail, violet snail
References
Bulla (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bulloidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Bulla (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Bulla at World Register of Marine Species
- Janthinidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Janthinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Janthinidae at World Register of Marine Species
- “bubble shell”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “bubble shell”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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