WoRMS taxon details
Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758)
215423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215423)
accepted
Species
Bulla atrolineata Schröter, 1804 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulla physis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulla quoyana A. d'Orbigny, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulla staminea Menke, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hydatina filosa Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Bulla physis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Description The shell is a distinctive, large "bubble", up to 5 cm long, with wavy, brown to black lines. The animal is spectacular...
Description The shell is a distinctive, large "bubble", up to 5 cm long, with wavy, brown to black lines. The animal is spectacular rose brown with a vivid light blue margin along the edges, and is much too large to retract into its shell. It feeds on cirratulid worms. Habitat: most often encountered as shells washed up on the beach, this animal can be found in the eulittoral zone where both rocks/boulders and sand occur. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215423 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulla physis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 727 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Hydatina filosa Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
original description (of Bulla atrolineata Schröter, 1804) Schröter, J. S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem Linnéischen System, der XII. Ausgabe. <em>Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie.</em> 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; 4(2): 137-160 [1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13758320 [details]
original description (of Bulla quoyana A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). <i>Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba</i>. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264 [pp. 1-208, pls 1-8, 4bis [1841]; 209-264 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380 [pp. 1-112, pls 9-19 [1842]; 113-380, pls 20-28 [1853]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 1: 132 [details]
basis of record Voskuil, R. P. A. (1995). The living species of the genus <i>Hydatina</i> Schumacher, 1817, (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Hydatinidae) with the description of a new species. <em>Vita Marina.</em> 43 (1-2): 29-38. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 727 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Hydatina filosa Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
original description (of Bulla atrolineata Schröter, 1804) Schröter, J. S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem Linnéischen System, der XII. Ausgabe. <em>Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie.</em> 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; 4(2): 137-160 [1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13758320 [details]
original description (of Bulla quoyana A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). <i>Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba</i>. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264 [pp. 1-208, pls 1-8, 4bis [1841]; 209-264 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380 [pp. 1-112, pls 9-19 [1842]; 113-380, pls 20-28 [1853]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 1: 132 [details]
basis of record Voskuil, R. P. A. (1995). The living species of the genus <i>Hydatina</i> Schumacher, 1817, (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Hydatinidae) with the description of a new species. <em>Vita Marina.</em> 43 (1-2): 29-38. [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Poppe G. (2010) <i>Philippine marine mollusks</i> volume 3. 665 pp., pls 708-1014. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details]
Other
additional source
Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 40. [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. (2011). Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. <em>Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 41: 1-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2011.548763 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 174. [details]
additional source Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), <i>Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea</i>: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka. [details]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1940). The correct name of the Florida <i>Hydatina</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 53: 92 [28 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34587937 [details]
additional source Lyman, F. B. (1936). "It was a great day.". <em>The Nautilus.</em> 50(1): 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524476 [details]
additional source Lyman, F. B. (1938). <i>Hydatina physis</i> (L.) in Lake Worth, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 52(1): 33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284533 [details]
additional source Lyman, F. B. (1938). <i>Hydatina physis</i> (L.) in Lake Worth, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 52(2): 72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284580 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 56 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 40. [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. (2011). Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. <em>Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 41: 1-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2011.548763 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 174. [details]
additional source Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), <i>Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea</i>: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka. [details]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1940). The correct name of the Florida <i>Hydatina</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 53: 92 [28 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34587937 [details]
additional source Lyman, F. B. (1936). "It was a great day.". <em>The Nautilus.</em> 50(1): 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524476 [details]
additional source Lyman, F. B. (1938). <i>Hydatina physis</i> (L.) in Lake Worth, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 52(1): 33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284533 [details]
additional source Lyman, F. B. (1938). <i>Hydatina physis</i> (L.) in Lake Worth, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 52(2): 72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284580 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 56 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description The shell is a distinctive, large "bubble", up to 5 cm long, with wavy, brown to black lines. The animal is spectacular rose brown with a vivid light blue margin along the edges, and is much too large to retract into its shell. It feeds on cirratulid worms. Habitat: most often encountered as shells washed up on the beach, this animal can be found in the eulittoral zone where both rocks/boulders and sand occur. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | striped bubble shellliquorice-striped bubble snailgreen-lined paperbubblegreen paperbubblebrown-line paperbubble | [details] |
| German | Meeresrose | [details] |
| Japanese | ミスガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Hydatina filosa Schumacher, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Bulla quoyana A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydatina physis)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Bulla physis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) )
To Malacopics (Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) Mauritius, Flacq, Poste Lafayette Beach, SW of Poi...
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Hydatina filosa Schumacher, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Bulla quoyana A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydatina physis)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Bulla physis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) )
To Malacopics (Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) Mauritius, Flacq, Poste Lafayette Beach, SW of Poi...
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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