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Created 12/6/2020

Family Bullidae

TROPICAL PACIFIC / HAWAII

Bulla vernicosa



Kona, Hawaii

ADAM'S BUBBLE

Seasonally common in silty sand under rocks, emerging at night to feed upon green algae.  Animal ranges from orange to dark brown, thick inflated shell with brown blotches and white flecks.  Shell attains length of 1.5 inch.  Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific.  The endemic Bulla peasiana has a thin elongate shell with white flecks.