Aplustrum amplustre
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Aplustridae |
| Genus: | Aplustrum |
| Species: | A. amplustre
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Aplustrum amplustre, also known as royal paper bubble, ship’s flag shell, swollen bubble, is a species of sea snails, bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplustridae.[5]
Description[edit]
With length of shell around 15–40 mm, its shell is smaller and more heavily calcified shell than the other members of same species. shell with horizontal lines, with lightbrown stripes, outlined in black, alternating with translucent white and pink stripes patterns; the animal is too large to fit inside its shell. The species is active at night. Predator feeding on polychaete worms. Empty shells are used by hermit crabs.
Distribution[edit]
The species is distributed in warm sea[6]: 83 [2] around tropical Indo-Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, South of Kyūshū of Japan,[6]: 83 South Africa to Hawaii, Madagascar.
Habitat[edit]
It lives in shallow water (10 metres below sea level) on reefs, with a mix of fine sand, rock and turf algae.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ 10th edition of Systema Naturae
- ^ a b c 中国科学院动物研究所. "宽带饰纹螺" [Hydatina amplustre]. 《中国动物物种编目数据库》. 中国科学院微生物研究所. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ "Hydatina amplustre Linnaeus, 1758 ". TaiBIF. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- ^ "Hydatina amplustre Linnaeus, 1758". TaiBNET. Taiwan: Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica.
- ^ a b Bouchet P, Vanden Berghe E (2010-08-29). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Aplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ a b G.-Y. Lin (1997). Fauna of China (in Simplified Chinese). Vol. W11. Science Press of China. pp. 1–216. ISBN 7030056353.
External links[edit]
Data related to Aplustrum amplustre at Wikispecies- SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson, T.E.; Bebbington, A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.
- Sea Slug Forum info
- Info on the genus
- Photos of Aplustrum amplustre on Sealife Collection
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