Bulla striata (striate bubble snail shell) (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) 10

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Description: English: Bulla striata Bruguière, 1792 - striate bubble snail shell from the Virgin Islands. (apertural view) The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores. Bubble snails are opportunistic feeders, but principally feed on algae and protists. Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bullidae Locality: St. Thomas, western Virgin Islands See info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulla_(gastropod). Date: 17 January 2022, 20:08:56. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/52174132409/. Author: James St. John.