Bullastra lessoni
| southern bubble pond snail | |
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| Shell of Bullastra lessoni (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Genus: | Bullastra |
| Species: | B. lessoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Bullastra lessoni Deshayes, 1831
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Bullastra lessoni, the southern bubble pond snail, is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Lymnaeidae. [1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 20 mm.
(Original description) The shell has an ovate-ventricose shape. It is globose, translucent, exceedingly fragile, somewhat striated, greenish.The spire is short and acute. The large aperture is oval. The outer lip is simple and acute. The columella is twisted. [2]
Distribution
[edit]It is found in Australia amongst aquatic plants in slow flowing rivers, ponds, dams and billabongs. A globose, thin shelled snail, sometimes seeing floating foot-uppermost on the surface of freshwater. Its food is algae and detritus.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bullastra lessoni Deshayes, 1831). 16 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Deshayes, G.P. (1831). "Limnée Lesson. Limnea [sic] lessoni". Magasin de Zoologie. 1 (16): 16. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Bullastra lessoni (Deshayes, 1831)". GBIF. 12 April 2025.
- ^ "Bullastra lessoni". Australian Freshwater Molluscs. 12 April 2025.
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