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Bottle bulla
Bulla ampulla
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 181195, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Bottle bulla
- Scientific
- Bulla ampulla
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Family
- Bullidae (bubble shells)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 165 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The bottle bulla is a thin, rounded, egg-shaped shell mottled in brown and grey. The animal lives on sand and seagrass and is mostly active at night, feeding on algae.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=9); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=8, 6 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Bulla-ampulla.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181195
- inaturalist.org /taxa/116742
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Bulla_ampulla_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.